The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified by peer review.Asthma in children may worsen after an infection with the coronavirus, doctors warn.
Infected children had significantly more asthma visits, hospitalisations, emergency inhaler use, and steroid treatments during the six months after their illness compared to children who tested negative and to their own prior history, researchers reported in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
Results of earlier studies showing improvement in asthma control in the early part of the pandemic were likely due to public health measures like staying home and masking, which curbed exposure to asthma triggers, she said. Despite the overall impression that children with asthma did well during the first year of the pandemic, Chou added, the new study shows"longer-lasting harm of COVID on children's asthma control".
Two doses of an mRNA vaccine did help protect against Omicron among people with prior infections, but"we did not detect an additional benefit of receiving a third booster dose among this population", said Margaret Lind of Yale University.
Then can you please check with Mr. Ong why he is mandating the booster shot for everyone when there are few benefits?
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