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Striking Decline of Premature Births and SIDS During COVID

Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola Fact Checked

premature births sids striking decline during covid

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  • During March and April this year, while most of the world enforced more or less strict stay-at-home orders, premature births plummeted by 90% in Denmark and 73% in Ireland, and nearly halved in Canada. Unusual reductions have also been reported in other countries, including Australia, the Netherlands and the U.S.

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