Hepatitis outbreak in children

Dollenganger · Apr 29, 2022

https://amp.archive.is/https://www....22-causes-mystery-cases-in-children-explainer

This is strange and rather concerning, isn’t it?

BettyCrockerr · Apr 29, 2022

No, not really. It’s an over inflated scare mongering piece by a journalist. Unless the information can be independently fact checked I wouldn’t pay much attention.

Dollenganger · Apr 30, 2022

BettyCrockerr said:
No, not really. It’s an over inflated scare mongering piece by a journalist. Unless the information can be independently fact checked I wouldn’t pay much attention.

The Guardian is reasonably balanced isn’t it?

There is a lot in the news about this, it’s not just one journalist.

Rainbow_rhythms · Apr 30, 2022

Dollenganger said:
The Guardian is reasonably balanced isn’t it?

There is a lot in the news about this, it’s not just one journalist.

Yeah I've been reading about this (it's not just one journalist) and it is worrying.

Kyriebelle · Apr 30, 2022

There’s been two cases in my small, rural town. After adenovirus I think it’s called. Both kids were very ill. (Under 5)

E84Blair · Apr 30, 2022

I wOnDeR wHaT CaUSeD ThIs??

Melian · Apr 30, 2022

Is this just in children or have there been reports of adults getting it too?

FakeSmile · Apr 30, 2022

I’m not concerned at the moment. I have 3 young kids and they have had so much of their lives already changed by covid. They are forever coming home from school and preschool with bugs like kids do. If we worried about everything that they could pick up and tried to shield them from that, they wouldn’t have much of a life at all.

Dollenganger · Apr 30, 2022

FakeSmile said:
I’m not concerned at the moment. I have 3 young kids and they have had so much of their lives already changed by covid. They are forever coming home from school and preschool with bugs like kids do. If we worried about everything that they could pick up and tried to shield them from that, they wouldn’t have much of a life at all.

I agree but it’s concerning if it’s causing liver failure. It would be useful to know what to look out for etc.

bubbadabut · Apr 30, 2022

Things like this are inevitable when kids have been cooped up for almost 2 years and are suddenly bombarded with all the bugs that they would usually brush off easily. Seems to be more prevalent in the under 5s, the ones who will have had the least social interaction in their short lives. I have young kids and I'm not worried about it, but I do agree we should be made aware of what to look for.

Doctor_Wibble · Jul 25, 2022

Now confirmed (in the sense of 'believe, confident') as being down to a lack of mixing, human contact etc.

Likely cause of mystery child hepatitis outbreak found

UK experts believe they can now explain the recent spate of mysterious liver problems in young children.

www.bbc.co.uk

Scientists have ruled out any connection with coronavirus or Covid vaccines.

One of the investigators, Prof Judith Breuer, an expert in virology, at University College London, said: "During the lockdown period when children were not mixing, they were not transmitting viruses to each other.

"They were not building up immunity to the common infections they would normally encounter.

"When the restrictions were lifted, children began to mix, viruses began to circulate freely - and they suddenly were exposed with this lack of prior immunity to a whole battery of new infections."

I suspect this comes as no particular surprise to many.