TY - JOUR T1 - COVID-19, primary care, and paediatrics: winter is coming JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 450 LP - 450 DO - 10.3399/bjgp20X712385 VL - 70 IS - 698 AU - James Hibberd AU - Roshni Mistry Y1 - 2020/09/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/70/698/450.abstract N2 - Children are unlikely to get sick, need hospitalisation, or die from COVID-19.1 This is a demonstrable fact that has been well known since the very first data sets to come out of China.2 Infrequently is data so clear cut. Medicine and disease, however, are rarely so simple. Schools re-opening combined with the approaching winter viral season will inevitably lead to an increase in paediatric infections. In the current climate new barriers to health care, namely fear of COVID-19 and the lack of easily accessible face-to-face GP appointments, are likely to result in late presentations with non-COVID-19 illnesses and increased harm. We need to start … ER -