A study of the hepatitis cases seen in Israel reveals they were likely a delayed consequence of COVID-19.
The average delay was 74 days (range 21-130). This is almost certainly why we’ve mostly seen negative COVID-19 PCR tests in affected kids.
No adenovirus found in liver.🧵
Delaying the recognition that a post covid phenomenon (CAH-C or MIS-C) is the most likely cause of the pediatric liver failure clusters in the absence of an alternative explanation now that the liver biopsies eliminated adenovirus will cause very real harm in 3 ways: