Parents are questioning why their children are suffering such frequent bouts of illness
It's often the case that respiratory viruses peak in children during the winter - with kids barely recovering in between episodes of coughs, colds and fevers.
And because of Covid, with little social mixing, it's only now that many children are being exposed to viruses. "For the age group particularly prone to these viruses - children under five years - most or all of their lives has been lived during the pandemic period where substantially lower rates of these viruses have been circulating. A lot of first exposures which might have otherwise happened over a few years are now happening within a much shorter timeframe."
"It is normal for young children to have lots and lots of viral respiratory infections," he said. "There are currently more viruses circulating than usual as young children have been relatively unexposed during the pandemic period and are encountering many of them for the first time.
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