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Kawasakis Disease and Covid-19 Fearmongering

Cat in fear over the coronavirus

Kawasakis Disease and Covid-19 Fearmongering

Cat in fear over the coronavirus

What is Kawasaki Disease

Kawasaki Disease is an inflammatory condition which effects children. Characteristic symptoms include a persistent high fever for five days or more, rash, bloodshot eyes, "strawberry" tongue, cracked and dry lips, redness of fingers and toes.

The specific cause, and pathology of Kawasaki disease is unknown. Studies have looked at numerous possible triggers. These include:

  • Bacterial infections
  • Viral infections
  • Carpet cleaners
  • Proximity to water
  • Trophosporic wind patterns
  • Immunizations

Kawasaki Coronavirus Fear-Mongering Replaces Actual Science

In May 2020, the media which has been fear mongering over covid-19 for several months, jumped on an opportunity to blame coronavirus for causing Kawasaki Disease. As I will review below, this is entirely baseless.

Until now, there have no been reports of covid-19 harming children. You would think that for a disease ravaging through the whole world for months we would have seen some signs of it harming children sooner. So far we have close to zero evidence that children are in danger from covid-19.

That does not stop "news" reports with headlines such as: " A rare, severe inflammatory illness largely believed to be associated with COVID-19 is putting children in ICUs in the United Kingdom and the United States." Evidence is nothing. Speculation is everything. In the age of fear mongering and coronavirus sensationalism, the motto seems to be: fear now, ask questions later.

Having a virus, and symptoms does not mean the virus is the cause of symptoms. Likewise, there is a difference between having sar-cov-2 virus and dying from it. When it comes to covid-19 all rational thinkers have been repeating ad nauseaum "dying with covid-19 is not the same as dying from it."

In a recent report 15 children from ages 2 to 15 in New York City has symptoms consistent with Kawasaki Disease. Of these 15 children how many were diagnosed with covid-19 by PCR? We can turn this into a multiple choice test question:

Number of the 15 children with Kawasaki in NYC who tested positive for covid-19?

  • 15
  • 14
  • 7
  • 4

The answer: 4. That is it. But that is enough for New York City to issue a statement with the headline Pediatric Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome Potentially Associated with COVID-19. Admittingly, serology tests brings the number all the way up to 6.

So we are now to beleive that coronavirus is so dangerous, it can cause severe symptoms in children who are not been exposed to it!

Meanwhile in the UK, where this began the BBC had a headline: "Coronavirus: Children affected by rare Kawasaki-like disease". What the BBC is not telling us, is that cases of Kawasaki Disease are actually down this year in the UK. The UK Kawasaki Disease Foudation states:

Fewer cases of Kawasaki Disease than would be normally expected at this time of year are currently being seen - not more.

The BBC article reads like a bad piece of Orwellian fiction. We can go through blatant lies and distortions:

  • Article says Kawasaki is linked to Coronavirus, which it is not.

  • Says that in April doctors where warned to look for this rare condition. This gives the impression of something new doctors just needed to be educated about. Kawasaki is not a new illness. Pediatricians know about it. There are over 5000 cases of it per year in the United States. Not very common, but not so rare that it's virtually unheard of.

  • BBC then goes on to call this a "new phenomenon" which again, it is not.

  • BBC then quotes a doctor saying that the fact we are seeing this in the middle of Covid-19 means the two are linked. Amazingly, pandemic or not, people will still get sore throats, cavities, ear infections, skin rashes, food poisoning and other conditions including Kawasaki. Other diseases do not go on vaccation because of covid-19.

  • The doctor then repeats that this is something new. Well, it's either Kawasaki Disease, or it is not. The article is trying to claim both. It is a "Kawasaki like" condition, that just happens to be identical to Kawasaki!

  • States that symptoms are " likely to be something related to the build up of antibodies after infection," which is pure speculation. Up to now no single definitive cause for Kawasaki disease has been found.

Just like in New York City, the majority of children did not test positive for covid-19. However, they did test positive for antibodies.

Correlation does not prove causality. In this case, they have not even demonstrated much correlation. But that does not stop the fear mongering-hype which undoubtedly will cause many children around the world to remain locked up indoors and smothered with face masks.

The possibility that children tested positive for covid-19 simply because it is a virus circulating around the world, and had nothing to do with Kawasaki is not mentioned in the article.

Kawasaki and Vaccines?

ROTARIX vaccine for rotavirus has been associated with Kawasaki disease. This can be read in the vaccine package insert.

There are numerous studies which have looked at rotovirus and Kawasaki connection. Officially, there is no clear conclusion. What would be interesting is detailed information on all children with Kawasaki, and relationship to vaccines. This would include both recent vaccines, and total. Regardless, there are unvaccinated children who may also get Kawasaki. So even if a vaccine(s) was found to be a cause, it is not the trigger in everyone.

List of additional Rotovirus and vaccine studies

Putting Kawasaki disease and coronavirus in perspective

In depth articles on the non-connection between Kawasaki and Covid-19

The UK Kawawaki disease foundation have an good review on how there is no evidence of connection to covid-19.

Childrens Health Defense reviews history of Kawasaki and research into other possible causes including vaccines and mercury.