"So why are so many kids experiencing severe illness from seasonal viruses?
Emerging evidence suggests COVID-19 may be to blame, Furness says. “COVID, like many viruses, harms the immune system as part of its strategy”"
‘Immunity debt’ is ‘misinformation’
https://globalnews.ca/news/9272293/immunity-debt-covid-19-misinformation/
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@yaneerbaryam I feel like it’s not just kids, either. Anecdotally, both my husband and I - as well as my boss - all got RSV last month. It hit us all really hard, and none of us have "fully" recovered yet.
@heather_runberg RSV has been changing in recent years due to mutations that have been associated with increased severity https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/222/1/102/5730044?login=false
Also, there is a long history of hospital acquired RSV as it is difficult to control in hospital settings unless strong measures are used https://www.nature.com/articles/jp200837
Today it makes sense that lung damage and immune system damage can give rise to much more severe cases.