Experts say the winter flu season started early this year, even compared to pre-pandemic years. This is occurring alongside a spike in RSV — especially among children — and the ongoing COVID cases.
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“We are certainly starting to see patients getting one or all three at the same time,” said Dr. Edward Leonard, an infectious disease specialist at Overlake Medical Center. Besides those with compromised immune systems, the elderly and children are also more likely to have a tougher time if they catch more than one virus at a time.
Leonard said it is no surprise that we are seeing a surge in respiratory viruses this season. Our bodies are, in a sense, in ‘virus debt,’ according to Leonard, and our immune systems are just now catching up with all the typical seasonal viruses we would have caught over the past two winters, had we not been masking and isolating.
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