Skip to main content

What is “Immunity Debt” and is it a real thing?

Share:

There is a lot of misinformation circulating online right now about “immunity debt” so it’s important that you get your facts right.

Huge thanks to Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. (@crackedscience on Twitter) whose article greatly inspired this piece. Check out the first link in our reference document

 

Share our original Tweet!

View our original Instagram Post!

 
 
 
 
 
View this post on Instagram
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

A post shared by ScienceUpFirst (@scienceupfirst)

Sources
  1. Claims of an Immunity Debt in Children Owe Us Evidence | Office for Science and Society
  2. Pediatric Infectious Disease Group (GPIP) position paper on the immune debt of the COVID-19 pandemic in childhood, how can we fill the immunity gap?
  3. Are ‘Immunity Debt’ Claims After Covid-19 Precautions Accurate Or Misinformation?
  4. ‘Immunity debt’: Why experts say this new term promotes COVID-19 ‘misinformation’ – National
  5. What are microbes?
  6. Understanding the Potential Drivers for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Rebound During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
  7. Flu Season
  8. CDC: Surge In Young Kids Hospitalized With Respiratory Illnesses Like RSV, Flu
  9. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) – Symptoms and causes
  10. Immunity to RSV in Early-Life
  11. Kids are getting hit hard by respiratory viruses. Here’s what scientists know — and what they don’t
  12. Canada still facing shortage of kid’s pain medications. What options do parents have? – National
  13. Tylenol shortage contributing to kids’ hospital crush: ER nurse
  14. Immunological dysfunction persists for 8 months following initial mild-to-moderate SARS-CoV-2 infection
  15. Immune dysfunction following COVID-19, especially in severe patients
  16. Some cases of long COVID-19 may be caused by an abnormally suppressed immune system, UCLA-led research suggests
  17. Dysregulation of the leukocyte signaling landscape during acute COVID-19
  18. Long COVID: Abnormal immune activity found 8 months post infection
  19. What If COVID Reinfections Wear Down Our Immunity?
  20. EN: Remarks from the Chief Public Health Officer, November 18, 2022 | FR : Allocution de l’administratrice en chef de la santé publique, le 18 novembre 2022
  21. RSV treatment: What is palivizumab and are scientists close to creating a vaccine?