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New Zealand Hospitals Flooded With Children Due to Immune Systems Weakened by Lockdown, Hand-Washing, Social Distancing, and Masks

@COVID19Up: New Zealand hospitals are experiencing the payoff of “immunity debt” created by lockdowns, with wards flooded by babies with a potentially-deadly respiratory virus, doctors have warned.

Wellington has 46 children currently hospitalized for respiratory illnesses including respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. A number are infants, and many are on oxygen. Other hospitals are also experiencing a rise in cases that are straining their resources—with some delaying surgeries or converting playrooms into clinical space.

RSV is a common respiratory illness. In adults, it generally only produces very mild symptoms—but it can make young children extremely ill, or even be fatal. The size and seriousness of New Zealand’s outbreak is likely being fed by what some pediatric doctors have called an “immunity debt”—where people don’t develop immunity to other viruses suppressed by lockdowns, causing cases to explode down the line.

The “immunity debt” phenomenon occurs because measures like lockdowns, hand-washing, social distancing and masks.

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