A new study by British and Dutch scientists found nearly 2% of healthy infants are hospitalized with RSV before their first birthday
Almost all children get the virus by the time they're five, but this surge is a product of the coronavirus pandemic, when isolation and masking disrupted the typical spread, Dr. Brian Cummings at MassGeneral Hospital for Children said."A lot of RSV was not being spread in the previous years," he said. That lowered the number of people with immunity, and"now that it's circulating a little more typically, there are many more people susceptible.
Doctors from Massachusetts General Hospital discuss how they've been impacted by the rise in RSV patients this summer and fall and what caused it.
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