While coronavirus remains a serious concern, this year two other common respiratory viruses, influenza and RSV, are wreaking havoc — particularly in the DMV, which is one of the regions with the highest flu activity in the country.
As covid numbers dipped slightly across the region in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving, Holy Cross Health hospitals in Maryland still filled up.
Very sick children and older adults suffering from other respiratory illnesses that have spiked far sooner and more sharply than expected this fall are again packing beds, disrupting plans to celebrate the holiday season after nearly three years of burdensome precautions and postponed social connections.“It has seemed unrelenting over the past three years,” said Ann Burke, vice president of medical affairs for Holy Cross Health in the Maryland region.
The covid-19 pandemic upended holiday plans in 2020 and 2021. While coronavirus remains a serious concern, this year two other common respiratory viruses, influenza and RSV, are wreaking havoc — particularly in the DMV, which is one of the regions with theAhead of Thanksgiving gatherings, doctors like Burke are urging people to take precautions, such as masking in crowded public spaces and on airplanes, covering coughs and sneezes, washing hands, and getting a flu shot and covid booster dose.
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