JoelWalbert on Nostr: If memory serves, childhood vaccination rates went down during that time, although ...

If memory serves, childhood vaccination rates went down during that time, although this certainly helps:

findings highlighted gut health benefits for 'pandemic babies' arising from the unique environment of lockdown including lower rates of infection and consequent antibiotic use, and increased duration of breastfeeding. The newborns were found to have more of the beneficial microbes acquired after birth from their mothers. These maternal microbes could be playing a protective role against allergic diseases.

'Pandemic babies' show altered gut microbiome development and lower allergy rates, study finds
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20240229/Pandemic-babies-show-altered-gut-microbiome-development-and-lower-allergy-rates-study-finds.aspx