As winter approaches, hospitals across the country are filling up with sick children. Here's what we know about RSV and other respiratory viruses.
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A surge in respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV, in children and infants is threatening to overwhelm hospitals across the country. The typical RSV season begins in November and fades out in March, but health experts say the respiratory virus appeared earlier this year as the country enters its first season without COVID-19 measures.
In the week of Oct. 15, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported more than 15% of RSV tests are positive, which experts say is high for this time of year. "That doesn’t reflect the past couple of weeks," said Dr. Kristin Moffitt, an infectious disease physician at Boston Children’s Hospital. "Most hospitals, their microbiology laboratories are seeing about 20% to 30% positivity rate."
RSV is a respiratory virus that infects the lungs and breathing passages, including nose and throat, according to the CDC. Health experts say it’s a very common infection that most children experience by age 2.
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Nope. This is propaganda.
side effects from the jab
@A R Yep. And don’t let them tell you heart attacks in children is normal.
Let’s talk about how many of these children have had the jab🤬
Maybe not an uptick, maybe just being called what they are instead of every sniffle being called the word that got hospital and schools free money. A positive covid test could be covid or 1 of the other 57 viruses that have simular symptoms. To find out definitively which 1 it has to go thru 2 more weeks worth of lab work.
We better lockdown for 3 years to be safe
Thanks a lot once again Maskoffweb loaded my card and doubled my investment
Thanks a lot once again Maskoffweb loaded my card and doubled my investment
Lost my appendix and spent ten days in the hospital after the last one. Give me time to save up some more money and I will do my patriotic duty and stand in line to pay them $125 for the new one.
Lies lies lies
Hahahaha. I can’t anymore