Nice try, but did you notice the 678 ages 0-17 death count was for 2 FULL YEARS (2020/2021 as of Dec 29, 2021)?
How many "typical" flu seasons does 2 full years consecutively include? Probably 3 or more.
".....when 358 pediatric deaths from April 15, 2009 through October 2, 2010 were reported to CDC".
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/season/flu-season-2017-2018.htm
678 is still not an acceptable count.
But, children die of all sorts of calamities, diseases, cancers by MUCH higher numbers each year. Yet we haven't outright banned the assorted toxic chemicals, plastics, fertilizers, pesticides in our environment, let alone abuse of medications that are responsible for many of those.
CV-19 itself was relatively benign to children in the first year. Only when the Delta variant came along, did that strain cause a bit more childhood death. Yes, it was bad and a big concern. But enough to drastically change children upbringing, education, social awareness based on untested theories? These last 2 years of social distancing and isolation are affecting kids more and more, with each new week of mandates to restrict this, that and everything normal. Talk to any pediatric professional about what they're seeing the last 1-2 years.
We're already seeing the mask nazi's go off over the most petty circumstances.
It's a sad state some have let themselves morph into.
Hypochondriacs and germaphobes are now legitimized, and their shaming on those that aren't, is going off the rails of reality.