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Methodist Children’s Hospital in San Antonio, Texas is experiencing a large number of respiratory illnesses earlier in the year than anticipated. "Right now, over 50% of our admissions are due to viral illnesses,” said Nina Laudato-Cortes, M.D., Pediatrix®-affiliated pediatric intensivist. The reason for this may be due to lack of exposure in recent years. "So, with the combination of the children not being exposed to each other as well as the transmission rates going down during this height of the pandemic, we weren't seeing kids have these viral illnesses as they previously had," said Dr. Laudato-Cortes.
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