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CDC scrambles for answers after 6 kids die from hepatitis outbreak

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  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is seeking to find answers after a sixth child dies from hepatitis.
  • The agency is probing 180 cases of kids who suddenly developed hepatitis.
  • The CDC is unsure what caused the hepatitis cases but pointed to adenovirus infection as a strong lead.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is scrambling to find answers after the deaths of six children in the U.S. due to the spreading hepatitis outbreak.

Last week, the health agency confirmed the sixth death. It also reported that it is now investigating 180 cases of children who suddenly developed severe hepatitis across 36 states and territories. The reported number increased by 71 cases since CDC’s last update earlier this month.

The agency said the majority of those cases were “retrospective” patients who may have been ill weeks or months earlier.

“Not all are recent, and some may ultimately wind up not being linked to this current investigation,” the CDC said in a statement. The agency said testing ruled out some of the viruses that commonly cause hepatitis.

No common exposures or other patterns had been found, Jay Butler, CDC deputy director for infectious diseases, said at a news briefing.

Lab tests are conducted to look more closely at the virus genome and other potential pathogens, such as SARS-CoV-2 – the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

The CDC looked closely for any link between the hepatitis outbreak and Covid-19 that has killed 1 million Americans.

According to Melissa Nolan, an assistant professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health, the outbreak is almost surely not associated with the COVID-19 vaccines.

“The fact is that a large number of cases involve kids less than 5 (years old) who were not eligible for the vaccine,” Nolan said. “It’s not a bad batch.”

The CDC pointed to adenovirus as a “strong lead” as it was detected in nearly half of the children. Adenoviruses are typically linked to much less dangerous illnesses, such as pinkeye, Nolan noted.

“It’s not common to see severe liver damage from an adenovirus,” she said. “This could be a new form of adenovirus. Or it could be something completely new.”

Severe hepatitis in kids remains rare, according to the CDC.

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“However, we encourage parents and caregivers to be aware of the symptoms of hepatitis – particularly jaundice, which is a yellowing of the skin or eyes – and to contact their child’s health care provider with any concern,” the CDC said.

Source: USA Today

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8 Comments

8 Comments

  1. Mike

    May 23, 2022 at 12:23 pm

    Everybody in this country should be considering the fact that most vaccines are made from using the virus or a deluted form of the virus in the vaccine that is developed to combat the virus.
    The Woke minded Democrat administration leading this country has blackmailed the public into taking the vaccine by termination of peoples jobs and isolating people that refuse to take the vaccine from the rest of the public.
    Now, think about all the children who have been forced to take this vaccine that obviously doesn’t work.
    When vaccine contains a deluted form or derivative of the virus it’s used to combat, and it’s injected into this country’s children, it is obviously exposing those children to the virus.
    Directly injecting the virus into this County’s children might just be the cause of so many children being diagnosed with hepatitis, and children exposed to the virus by other children or their parents and siblings could also cause these hepatitis issues in chidren.
    The corrona virus vaccine the Democrats mandated on the American Public has not been thoroughly tested for side effects it might cause the millions of victims it was injected into.
    A completely understandable side effect could very well be hepatitis.
    Maybe it would be a good idea to test the carrona virus vaccine at least a little bit for side effects before it’s injected into humans and their children.
    Melisa Nolan’s statement that the problem is “almost surely” not associated with the corrona virus vaccine certainly doesn’t qualify as a declaration of facts.
    “Almost Surely” ? ?
    Almost surely fits better with all pharmaceutical concoctions causing nasty side effects.

  2. Raymond Miller

    May 23, 2022 at 6:44 pm

    The vaccine does work, it kills people and causes health problems. The CDC is scrambling, they may as well stop, who in their right mind will believe anything they say. They need to lose their jobs, like they’ve done to millions of other people over the last two+ years.

  3. Frank

    May 23, 2022 at 6:51 pm

    Maybe we should look at the hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens we let in the country without any testing.

  4. JD

    May 23, 2022 at 7:20 pm

    Reuse of needles or even hep in the serum. Still, I don’t believe the cdc for a second. This is more narrative to stir up hysteria. Stand by for more.

    • Jimbo

      May 23, 2022 at 8:25 pm

      I agree with the stirring up hysteria thing. I’m sure that there’s going to be LOTS of things between now and November designed to take our minds off of what our real problems are. Please don’t be fooled for a minute.

  5. Patty

    May 23, 2022 at 11:53 pm

    Well, if it isn’t covid, then it is hepatitis, monkey pox, you name it. These viruses are coming from somewhere! Any one care to guess? I put my money on bioweapons. Very easy to spread any of them, an d our so called government won’t look into it or protect our people. Then you have all those illegals flooding in, carrying God only knows what diseases, and—— they aren’t even tested! The ones bieng bussed to d.c. by certain Governors may be spreading these diseases without knowing it! Send ALL illegals back, close the border, and protect our country! If bidump won’t, then we must!

  6. Rhonda Edgerly

    May 25, 2022 at 12:22 pm

    I don’t get it. I read that a UK study had determined that the hepatitis and liver disease in children had been vaccinated. The study also looked at babies and toddlers who had liver disease. It stated that the babies were breast fed by vaccinated mothers.

    However nothing is said by America’s msm. They report it as “unexplained” or possibly an adenovirus.

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