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Will protecting children from Covid make their immune systems more vulnerable to other illnesses?

23 November 2021

Professor Russell Viner (UCL Great Ormond Institute of Child Health) has warned that “wrapping children in cotton wool” via lockdown and social distancing could “rebound at us” in years to come, as the lack of exposure to everyday bugs could leave immune systems more vulnerable.

Read: Telegraph (£)