Syndrome in Children Thought to Only Be Caused by COVID-19 Actually Predates Pandemic: Study

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome was said to have a single cause, but researchers found cases with matching characteristics before the COVID-19 pandemic began.

Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a cell (purple) infected with a variant strain of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (pink), isolated from a patient sample. NIAID via The Epoch Times

A syndrome that manifests in some children after COVID-19 predates the pandemic, a group of researchers found.

Multisystemic inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) has a specific immune signature that differentiates it from similar illnesses such as Kawasaki’s disease. Many doctors said it was a new condition that was only caused by COVID-19.