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What Next TBD: Why Are So Many Little Kids Sick Right Now?

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English - November 06, 2022 08:00 - 28 minutes - ★★★★★ - 546 ratings
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It’s been a rough autumn for parents of little kids, as non-COVID respiratory diseases are taking advantage of the first fall since 2019 where schools and daycares are full again, and America’s strained pediatric health care system is once again put to the test. 

Guest: Katherine Wu, science writer for The Atlantic.

Host: Lizzie O’Leary.
Podcast production by Madeline Ducharme.
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It’s been a rough autumn for parents of little kids, as non-COVID respiratory diseases are taking advantage of the first fall since 2019 where schools and daycares are full again, and America’s strained pediatric health care system is once again put to the test. 


Guest: Katherine Wu, science writer for The Atlantic.


Host: Lizzie O’Leary.

Podcast production by Madeline Ducharme.

If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next TBD. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work.

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