Chicago area doctors are sounding the alarm about the 'tripledemic' of COVID-19, the flu and RSV as we head towards winter.
Chicago area doctors are sounding the alarm about the 'tripledemic' of COVID-19, the flu and RSV as we head towards winter.Chicago area doctors are sounding the alarm about the triple threat of COVID-19, the flu and RSV as we head towards winter. Hospital in the Chicago area and across the country are packed with patients.
"All the other boosters are kind of out of school now," Cook County Health COO Dr. Lamar Hasbrouck said. "The only booster that matters now is this new booster." But this year, RSV has arrived much earlier and some kids up to 6 years old are needing hospitalization. Health officials say that 80% of people in suburban Cook County have gotten at least one shot of the COVID vaccine, but only 9% have received the latest bivalent booster shot.Physicians are fighting the same uphill battle that people just don't seem to be getting the shot, and they also worry a winter surge is upon us.
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