A new CDC study suggests a coinfection of COVID-19 and another respiratory illness is...
Kids under 5 years old could be at greater risk of severe illness from a coinfection of COVID-19 and another respiratory virus, according to a new CDC study. In this file photo, Texas Children’s Hospital nurse Christina Vo inoculates Isaac Gee, 4, with the Modern COVID-19 vaccine as he tries to hold his tears at the Texas Children’s Hospital, Wednesday, June 22, 2022, in Houston.
Younger children might be more susceptible to coinfections because they haven’t been exposed to a respiratory virus before, Arrington said. They may be getting infected at daycare, or from an older sibling who picked up the virus at school. “We did see a surge in the three viruses at the same time, which made it more probable to actually get more than one at the same time,” Ostrosky said.
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