Doctors are warning of a potential ‘tripledemic’ as influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cases surge alongside the continuing COVID pandemic. Hospitals across the state are seeing more patients and
Savannah Tryens-Fernandes al.com Doctors are warning of a potential ‘tripledemic’ as influenza and respiratory syncytial virus cases surge alongside the continuing COVID pandemic.
“We’re seeing a pretty steep upward surge in these viruses early on in the season, which does give everybody a little bit of pause that this may be a sort of long winter of a lot of illness,” said Dr. Claudette Poole, associate program director of pediatric infectious diseases with UAB and Children’s of Alabama, during a news conference Friday.
“So there is a theory that we as a society, as a community, maybe we’re more vulnerable right now, to the usual winter respiratory viruses we see. And that may be even more important for younger people, particularly kids.” Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | RSS Feed | Omny Studio While COVID-19 hospitalizations are trending downward, new variants appear to be emerging that are not as responsive to immunity protections.
“I know that I said it might not work as well, but we think there still will be some effect for severe disease. And after all, that’s what we really, really care about.”
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