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NPR features Dr. Jean Marazzo discussing the "perfect storm" of respiratory diseases as societal guards against COVID-19 are lowered. The segment critiques the media's tendency to blame the public for rising case numbers while simultaneously acknowledging that lockdowns prevented children from developing natural immunity.
Health experts are monitoring the BQ lineages of COVID-19, which feature mutations that may allow the virus to evade antibody docking. The term "pandemic immunity gap" is introduced to explain why children are being hit harder by common viruses after years of isolation, contrasting these outcomes with regions like Sweden and Haiti that had fewer restrictions.
