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Muted-Cherry5007 t1_itc637z wrote

I’m wondering if this is covid, also but so as not to cause panic and outrage they call it an upper respiratory infection, instead.

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ForcefulBookdealer t1_itcj1ys wrote

RSV has been around forever, though.

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Grouchy_Occasion2292 t1_itcn6rr wrote

Of course it has but changes in it can still happen. This idea that viruses are unchanging I don't understand as we clearly know they're not. So being around forever doesn't mean anything. The common cold has been around forever too and COVID still happened.

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notabee t1_itf4xoy wrote

RSV is severe enough by itself with kids and has been a problem since before Covid, but it's reasonable to believe that Covid is throwing gasoline on the fire as we learn more about it's long term impacts.

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shaka893P t1_itcmbf4 wrote

It's not, COVID prevented natural immunity to a lot of viruses because we stayed home. A lot of children didn't get exposed to viruses and bacteria because we were locked up. It's expected, viruses that were considered mild before might hit them harder

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Grouchy_Occasion2292 t1_itcnadb wrote

This isn't proven and if you're basing it on the lancet I would really question that considering their ethics.

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