Behaviors that helped keep us safe from Covid-19 are probably behind surge in RSV cases, scientists say

Behaviors that helped keep us safe from Covid-19 are probably behind surge in RSV cases, scientists say | CNN The behaviors that helped keep us safe from Covid-19 over the past 2½ years -- lockdowns, physical distancing, wearing masks, washing hands -- are probably behind the "unprecedented" early surge in RSV infections this year, scientists say. Jen Christensen CNN

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These factors may also have thrown other seasonal respiratory viruses out of whack around the globe.

“As long as we’ve had a record of RSV and other respiratory diseases in the United States, there have been these very regular patterns of outbreaks,” said Rachel Baker, an epidemiologist and assistant professor at Brown University.

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