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SERIOUS ILLNESS ON THE RISE IN CHILDREN

The Highwire with Del Bigtree

The Highwire with Del Bigtree

News, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.93.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

As the last remaining states lift mask mandates, alarming spikes in infections, illness, and mental health issues are being observed among children.

Transcript

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0:00.0

In the headlines, we saw flu disappear after COVID was locked down.

0:04.9

All the people were locked down.

0:06.1

But now as we're reopening up, we're seeing winter viruses having a resurgence.

0:11.0

And these are all over the headlines now.

0:12.8

These are recent headlines here.

0:14.5

Winter respiratory virus is spreading fast across the South, mainly affecting infants

0:20.0

and toddlers.

0:21.6

It says here in the article RSV respiratory sensitial virus typically circulates in the

0:26.8

fall and winter months, mainly affecting children, but rates plummeted in 2020.

0:31.2

As the US opens up, rates of RSV are rising and the CDC is recommending that clinician

0:36.3

should test for our SV if a patient with cold or flu-like symptoms test negative for COVID-19.

0:42.4

Now, this is illness that inflames the bronchial area and the lungs and the throat causes

0:49.4

fever sometimes in kids.

0:51.1

And again, this is going after younger kids, apparently, we're seeing a resurgence in

0:55.1

this.

0:56.1

But here's another headline.

0:57.1

This is an interesting one.

0:58.4

Colds are back, baby.

1:01.1

And this one says here, no one knows why these things are coming back, but a pediatrician

1:05.7

says, maybe they're catching more colds because they've been masked for over a year.

1:09.9

Should children be on mask in order to help their immune system?

1:14.7

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