Thanks for highlighting this article. I’ve found her prior posts super interesting, balanced, and helpful, but haven’t had time to keep up with all my usual Covid info sources while simultaneously freaking out about our trip (now underway…crossed into Florida already)!
That the risk of developing MIS-C is less than 1 in 1,000 actually gives me pause. I know there is a genetic predisposition to having Kawasaki disease. I haven’t seen anything data-based yet (just opinion) on whether that same genetic predisposition would make one more prone to MIS-C.
One of my twins had Kawasaki disease at age 3. Odds of getting Kawasaki are 1 in 10,000. Knowing that, suddenly, 1 in 1,000 doesn’t seem reassuring to me, especially if there could be a genetic disposition common to both. And it would apply to both twins since they are identical. But I don’t know if they have the genetic predisposition or if it was just a fluke thing.
I can’t tell y’all how scary Kawasaki was. I watched him go into shock twice while in the hospital in the 2 days before they got the correct diagnosis. Then there were 18 months of follow up pediatric cardiologist visits to confirm there was no heart damage.
DH is in the “lightning doesn’t strike twice” camp. He would probably go back to (mostly) normal but he is very respectful of my concerns. I waffle because of the genetic aspect. They could be at entirely normal risk and I’m being overly cautious. Or not.