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Remembers me about Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL):

> Epidemiologic studies indicate that infections in early childhood may protect against pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)... our results support Greaves’ hypothesis that delayed exposure to infections in early childhood increases risk of ALL. [1]

[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4100471/

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After these pediatric hepatitis cases popped up, there was a vocal contingent of MDs and Zero COVID types on Twitter arguing that it showed the urgent necessity to do whatever it takes to protect children from SARS-CoV-2 infections. It's sad to think that this fearmongering is probably causing a lot of children not to get the pathogen exposure they need in early childhood.

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