told ya so this is the immunity debt crisis
More children and young people are being hospitalized with colds and respiratory problems than ever after the Covid pandemic, official data suggests.
Experts have repeatedly warned lockdowns and measures used to contain Covid like face masks also suppressed the spread of germs which are crucial for building a strong immune system in children.
A retrospective report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today showed levels of common cold viruses hit their highest level ever among under-18s in August 2021.
The CDC samples random pediatric hospitals across the US and makes national estimates to gauge how prevalent viruses are.
There were nearly 700 children in hospital sick with a respiratory virus across the seven wards studied in August last year, of which just over half had tested positive for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) - which is normally benign.
This was the highest levels ever recorded in summer, and came off the back of a year and a half of brutal pandemic restrictions forcing many to stay indoors.
The record all-time high is in December, when 60 per cent of children on wards with respiratory illnesses were infected with RSV.
While the report only looked at August 2021, separate data from the CDC indicates that hospital visits for children under four years old with respiratory problems may be getting worse.
In the week ending September 18 this year, of all emergency department visits for toddlers 4.7 per cent were for breathing difficulties across the US — a record high.
Dr Scott Roberts, a medical director at Yale University, today told DailyMail.com that lockdowns robbed children of the chance to build up immunity to common bugs.
The record rise was revealed today in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), the country's premier publication on infectious diseases and healthcare.
Scientists monitored seven hospitals in the US for the number of children who had been admitted for respiratory illnesses. These hospitals were in seven states including Washington, Texas, New York and Ohio.
All participants had at least one symptom of a respiratory disease including a cough, earache, runny nose, sore throat and shortness of breath.
Each was then tested to determine which disease they had been infected with. This does not necessarily mean that they had been hospitalized because of this disease.
The report does not include data for the rest of 2021 or into this year.
Record numbers of toddlers are hospitalized with colds because immunity was weakened by restrictions | Daily Mail Online
More children and young people are being hospitalized with colds and respiratory problems than ever after the Covid pandemic, official data suggests.
Experts have repeatedly warned lockdowns and measures used to contain Covid like face masks also suppressed the spread of germs which are crucial for building a strong immune system in children.
A retrospective report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today showed levels of common cold viruses hit their highest level ever among under-18s in August 2021.
The CDC samples random pediatric hospitals across the US and makes national estimates to gauge how prevalent viruses are.
There were nearly 700 children in hospital sick with a respiratory virus across the seven wards studied in August last year, of which just over half had tested positive for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) - which is normally benign.
This was the highest levels ever recorded in summer, and came off the back of a year and a half of brutal pandemic restrictions forcing many to stay indoors.
The record all-time high is in December, when 60 per cent of children on wards with respiratory illnesses were infected with RSV.
While the report only looked at August 2021, separate data from the CDC indicates that hospital visits for children under four years old with respiratory problems may be getting worse.
In the week ending September 18 this year, of all emergency department visits for toddlers 4.7 per cent were for breathing difficulties across the US — a record high.
Dr Scott Roberts, a medical director at Yale University, today told DailyMail.com that lockdowns robbed children of the chance to build up immunity to common bugs.
The record rise was revealed today in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), the country's premier publication on infectious diseases and healthcare.
Scientists monitored seven hospitals in the US for the number of children who had been admitted for respiratory illnesses. These hospitals were in seven states including Washington, Texas, New York and Ohio.
All participants had at least one symptom of a respiratory disease including a cough, earache, runny nose, sore throat and shortness of breath.
Each was then tested to determine which disease they had been infected with. This does not necessarily mean that they had been hospitalized because of this disease.
The report does not include data for the rest of 2021 or into this year.
Record numbers of toddlers are hospitalized with colds because immunity was weakened by restrictions | Daily Mail Online
