​Let’s take off the mask, respiratory virus is on the rise… Pediatric ‘open run’ war

Parents raising children are fighting a war over pediatric hospital reservations. Since most of the quarantine measures have been lifted recently, respiratory viruses have been rampant in infants and school-aged people, and the phenomenon of appeals and ‘open runs’ (lines up before the store opens) is intensifying. According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the 23rd, the 15th week (April 9-15) of this year, the percentage of suspected influenza patients (ILI) was 18.5 per 1,000 outpatients. ILI refers to a person with a sudden fever of 38.0 degrees or higher and cough or sore throat. Influenza, especially in infants and school-age