U.S. ‘Tripledemic’ Surge Eases As Covid, RSV, Flu Figures Drop For Second Week

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#datatracker-home

 

 

The “tripledemic”—made up of Covid-19, the flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)—retreated for a second week in a row last week, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data on Covid-19, after a surge in respiratory disease over the holidays led to a double-digit spike in Covid-19 hospitalizations and deaths the week after Christmas.

 

In the week ending Jan. 13, CDC data showed 24 states plus Washington, D.C., experienced “high or very high” levels of patients seeking care for respiratory illness symptoms—down from 37 states and territories the week ending Jan. 6.

 

Respiratory viruses are also putting less strain on the nation’s hospitals: Covid-19, the flu and RSV accounted for a combined 6.3% of total emergency room visits last week (3.3% for the flu, 2.5% for Covid and 0.5% for RSV), down from 7.9% across all three viruses the week prior and 9.9% in the last full week of December.

 

Overall, Covid-19 emergency room visits dropped 19% week-over-week, with 32,861 coronavirus hospital admissions over the course of the week.

 

(more)

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/caileygleeson/2024/01/19/tripledemic-surge-eases-as-covid-rsv-flu-figures-drop-for-second-week/

 

 

Edited January 20 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[retarius]

Oh dear the doom-porn-mongers will be disappointed. I guess the US will just have to invent the numbers like they do with the economy and employment. 

[dhupverg]

It's certainly not seasonal, it must have been the super duper injections that have come to save the world.  Just look at the uptake of the jabs and we can easily see they have saved everyone from this lethal tripledemic.  Oh wait, uptake was not very high.