The CDC has new essential advice to stay safe from Covid, flu and RSV
Find out how to avoid serious illnesses during the winter months.
If you Wake up by feeling congestioned These days, don't just write it. The United States is currently fighting against three main respiratory threats at the moment: COVID, Flu and RSV. All of these viruses have the potential to spread when you come into contact with infected people, which is a great concern before the holiday season. Fortunately, you can take measures to keep yourself healthy this winter. In the midst of growing infections, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have just published new essential advice on staying safe. Read the rest to find out what you can do to avoid covid, flu and RSV.
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Flu and RSV numbers are currently increasing in the United States.
Although there are a number of respiratory viruses that can spread all year round, most of the activity occurs in the fall and winter. But in 2022, diseases seem to have one step ahead: the United States is now experiencing flu and VR levels which are "higher than usual for This time of year , "According to the CDC.
The agency The latest data indicates that from the influenza alone, there have already been about 8.7 million diseases, 78,000 hospitalizations and 4,500 deaths this season. "The activity of the seasonal flu is high and continues to increase across the country," warned the CDC.
In terms of RSV, the situation is also serious. The overall level of hospitalizations associated with RSV This season so far is 25 per 100,000 people, according to the CDC. During this same period of last year in 2021, the CDC indicated that the rate was only 8.5 hospitalizations associated with RSV per 100,000 people.
"Surveillance has showed an increase In RSV detections and visits and hospitalizations associated with RSV in several American regions, with certain regions approaching seasonal cutting -edge levels, "said the agency.
There was also a slight increase in covid hospitalizations.
But it is not only the flu and the RSV that are concerned with the country at the moment. While many people have submitted concerns about the coide on the rear burner in recent months, the spread of virus A " increased the last two winters , "According to the CDC. And it does not seem that this year will be different.
For the week ending on November 29, hospitalizations linked to the cocoan were increasing. The latest CDC data show that there was a 17.6% increase in new admissions to the hospital compared to the previous week. It's the highest level that Covid hospitalizations have reached In the past three months, according to The Washington Post .
"If we want to see a great push [Covid], it will start to increase now," Jeffrey Shaman , PHD, epidemiologist at Columbia University, told the newspaper. "And that will spread and probably peak at the end of December and early January."
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Experts say that the high movement of these three viruses is a major concern.
During a call on December 5 with journalists, virus experts discussed the current rise in respiratory threats in the country.
Sandra Fryhofer , MD, doctor in internal medicine and chairman of the Board of Directors of the American Medical Association (AMA), said that the flu season was underway " departure "With the other concerning viruses, by U.S.News & World Report." The flu is here, it started early, and with Covid and RSV also circulating, it's a perfect storm for a terrible holiday season, "said Fryhofer.
The timing is also disturbing, according to the CDC director Rochelle Walinsky , MD. "This increase in cases and hospitalizations is particularly worrying while we move in the winter months when more people gather inside with less ventilation, and as the holiday season approaches When many come together with beings dear to several generations, "said Walensky during the call.
But the CDC said that there is a clear way to stay safe.
The activity of the flu and the RSV was lower than the last two winters following everyday precautions. But since then, most people in the United States have abandoned these tools as the concerns of the coronavirus have dropped. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
Now Walensky advises us everyone to bring at least one safety measure to reduce our chances of catching or spreading Covid, flu or RSV during the holiday season.
"We also encourages you To wear a high quality and well -adjusted mask to prevent the spread of respiratory diseases, "said Walensky during the December 5 call with journalists, according to CNBC.
According to the director of the CDC, people living in areas with high levels of cocovid transmission in particular should consider hiding inside in the middle of the holidays. The latest data from the agency indicates that more than 5% of communities in the United States still fight against high levels of coronavirus propagation.
Walensky has also said that the CDC plans to develop its measures for the levels of the community coded in order to include these other respiratory viruses, which could play a role in the agency's masking advice.
"There is no need to wait for CDC action to put a mask," she noted. "We will encourage all these preventive measures - to be lavished, stay at home when you are sick, masking, increased ventilation - during the respiratory virus season, but especially in the high -level areas of the COVVI -19 community. ""
