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It's that time of year, and that type of year (winter 2019 4 years ago was followed by some important event the following November...)
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New York City is one of a handful of hotspots experiencing high rates of respiratory illness this month, the Centers for Disease Control reports.
The news comes on the heels of an earlier CDC report, warning of a recent 30% jump in hospitalizations for COVID-19 sufferers as well. Hospitalization rates are the highest among young children and senior citizens.
But COVID-19 is just one in a handful of illnesses making a nuisance of themselves in the Tri-State area, not to mention most Southern states and much of the Southwest, along with California.
All of these hotspots had either high or very high concentrations of COVID-19, Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection (RSV), or influenza.
The grisly trio has been referred to as “the tripledemic.”
Will MASK MANDATES return?
They have in Washington:
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The numbers for flu hospitalizations are also on the rise — there were a total 5,753 in the last week of November and the start of December. That number is up from 4,268 the week prior, per CDC data.
RSV cases have seen a minuscule decline, of late. Hospitals in Washington are reinstating indoor mask mandates as a way to manage the influx.
Hey,
I built a rocket as a kid. Do those boosters count as vaccines ?
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