The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Pediatric Respiratory Hospitalizations
CONCLUSIONS: There was a significant decline in pediatric respiratory admission rates during the COVID-19 pandemic. Possible etiologies include epidemiological factors such as mask wearing and social distancing, in addition to biological factors such as viral interference. A herd protection effect of adults and older children wearing masks may also have had an impact.PMID:36946659
Source: The Israel Medical Association Journal - Category: General Medicine Authors: Nimrod Sachs Lotem Goldberg Yoel Levinsky Yotam Dizitzer Yoav Vardi Irit Krause Oded Scheuerman Gilat Livni Efraim Bilavsky Havatzelet Bilavsky-Yarden Source Type: research
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