Take a wild guess as to what’s occurring with respiratory diseases among children now that many people aren’t using face masks or keeping social distance.
If you answered that there is an increase in children being hospitalized with respiratory diseases, you’d be correct, just like a reality TV battle.
Respiratory viruses such as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza virus, and, of course, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are seeing much clearer lanes to your and your children’s respiratory tracts and lungs after being held in check for two years due to Covid-19 precautions.
Here’s an ABC News World News Tonight program regarding the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) data on the recent increase in respiratory illness-related hospitalizations among children under the age of five:
