Not only do we contain the coronavirus now that we stick to the measures, other viruses also have little chance of spreading. As a result, there are far fewer infectious diseases than normal. Babies and toddlers in particular benefit from this.
After week eleven, when the schools closed, the number of infectious diseases fell spectacularly, according to figures from the Nivel knowledge institute. The incidence of stomach flu has halved compared to other years. In children under four, the drop was even 70 to 80 percent. The number of ear infections dropped from 500 to 100 cases per 100,000 toddlers per week. .
Finally, the number of pneumonia was also much lower, especially among toddlers and people over 65. The number of patients recently was only one third of the normal number. Christian Hoebe, professor of social medicine in Maastricht, states in the AD: “The measures simply have an effect, not only with corona. You can also see that we have had a relatively small influenza epidemic. ”
Sources): AD
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