> But some scientists theorize that this virus may have always been responsible for a portion of the small number of unexplained pediatric hepatitis cases that

> But some scientists theorize that this virus may have always been responsible for a portion of the small number of unexplained pediatric hepatitis cases that happen every year. This doesn't feel like something that needs to be theorized about. Were the hepatitis instances depressed during covid? If integrating since the start of covid until now, do the current cases push the hepatitis caseload beyond the comparable average in preceding years? Articles like this are frustrating. Obvious questions unanswered. No information as to the identify of "some scientists". I think such unclear reporting triggers conspiracy theories by making people feel as though information is being hidden. I don't doubt that this is incompetence rather than malice, but damn, humanity needs to fix the journalism problem.