If it is not Covid, it’s the flu… The U.S. has “crossed the epidemic threshold” when it comes to flu, federal health officials said Friday, as they outlined plans to deploy troops and FEMA personnel, and supplies like ventilators, if needed, in response to a nationwide surge of respiratory illnesses that also includes RSV and COVID.
U.S. flu hospitalizations are higher now than they’ve been at this point in every other flu season since 2010-2011, officials with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on a press call.
The country is seeing a resurgence of non-COVID respiratory illnesses like flu, RSV, rhinovirus, and enterovirus, with background levels of COVID, according to Dr. José Romero, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.
Federal officials are monitoring hospital capacity throughout the U.S. and are “standing by to deploy additional personnel and supplies as needed,” Dawn O’Connell, assistant secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, said on the call.
If a state or jurisdiction exceeds its ability to care for patients, a team from the National Disaster Medical System may be deployed, she said, adding that response might also include personnel from the Department of Defense and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA.
If extra supplies like ventilators or personal protective equipment are needed, they’re available upon request from the Strategic National Stockpile, she added. No states had requested this level of support as of Friday.
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Flu causing more severe illness in the young, elderly
Federal health officials on Friday painted a picture of some respiratory illnesses like flu surging in some areas of the country, with other areas seeing peaks of RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus infection. Cases of COVID and flu-like illnesses are occurring all areas, they said.
RSV is a common virus that hospitalizes thousands of infants and young children each year, though it can also pose a risk to the elderly. Symptoms can range from mild cold-like ailments like sneezing, sore throat, fever, and stuffy nose to pneumonia, which can prove fatal. Patients can quickly take a turn for the worst.
In the Southeast U.S., nearly 20% of flu tests sent to a lab are returning positive—most of them for influenza A, which appears to be more severe in children and the elderly. In the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions, an early flu season is also causing severe illness in those age groups, according to Romero.
The second influenza-related pediatric death of the season was recently reported, he added.
But flu isn’t the country’s only problem when it comes to respiratory illnesses, nor is COVID. Eight out of 10 regions of the country are seeing levels of RSV “significantly higher than those seen at the same time in previous years.” And levels of “influenza-like” illness, defined as a fever with cold-like symptoms or sore throat, are also high for the time of year, Romero added.
An alert to health care providers throughout the U.S. will soon be issued, detailing best practices regarding testing and treatment for, and prevention of, the variety of respiratory illnesses being seen en masse so early this season, he said.
He advised parents of children who have trouble breathing, who appear to be blue, who are experiencing chest or muscle pain, who are dehydrated (no urine for eight hours is one sign), and/or who are not alert or interactive when awake to seek immediate medical attention.
O’Connell encouraged all Americans to cover their coughs. And she encouraged those at high risk for illness—like infants and young children, those 65 and older, pregnant individuals, and those with certain chronic health conditions—to stay away from people who are sick and wash their hands frequently, or use alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
“People may choose to wear a well-fitting mask as an added precaution,” she added. She also plugged antivirals like Tamiflu for flu and Paxlovid for COVID, though she emphasized that they must be taken shortly after symptom onset if they’re going to blunt the impact of an infection.
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California’s Orange County is overwhelmed—and it’s not alone
Earlier this week California’s Orange County declared a health emergency due to an overwhelming surge in respiratory illness that’s pushing pediatric hospitals to their limits.
Sky-high numbers of young patients are seeking emergency-room care in area children’s hospitals for RSV, the flu, flu-like illnesses, and, to a lesser extent, COVID, the OC Health Care Agency said Monday. The emergency declaration allows the county to receive help from the state and federal governments, and to seek aid from nearby counties.
Children’s Hospital of Orange County is seeing upwards of 400 children in its emergency department daily—a record high—and is using all available space to meet demands. It has activated a command center within the hospital to manage the high patient load, a spokesperson told Fortune in a Tuesday statement.
Southern California is far from alone, with pediatric hospitals all across North America experiencing similar struggles—and some even considering outdoor tents to house patients and calling in the National Guard for help.
The vast majority—around 75% —of U.S. children’s hospital beds are currently full, according to NBC News. To the north, Canada is seeing similar issues, with some pediatric hospitals canceling surgeries, according to media reports. Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, a pediatric hospital in Ottawa, was at 130% capacity for intensive care beds and 134% capacity for inpatient beds, respectively, last week, a Canadian TV outlet reported.
Almost all other East Coast pediatric hospitals is nearly full.
Children’s National has been operating close to capacity for over a month. It’s formed an additional team of high-level ICU doctors to care for children who need ICU admission, but who must stay in the emergency room until a bed opens up, according to Patel.
The surge in pediatric patients was initially fueled by the common cold, but RSV quickly surpassed it. While levels of RSV have since plateaued, “the flu is really on a rapid rise in our region,” she said, adding that her hospital hasn’t recently seen a significant number of patients with COVID or other coronaviruses that can cause respiratory illness.
“I can honestly say that, unfortunately, with both RSV and the flu, we have had kids that needed to be intubated or have breathing tubes to help get through viral illness,” she said.
“I’ve been a practicing ICU doctor for a decade now, and I think I can safely say this is one of the worst surges I’ve ever seen.”
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Doctors and public health officials have been keeping a close eye on the U.S. flu season this fall out of concern that the virus will strike early and hit children particularly hard, as it did in Australia this spring. While hospitalizations and deaths were nothing unusual there, cases of flu peaked earlier and higher. And children and teens, who usually fare well with the flu, bore the brunt. The majority of reported flu cases were among young people ages 0–14, according to an Oct. 9 report from the Australian government. [Fortune]
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Disturbing article about a “DIVOK” (decode) tracking app in Japan – seems strange the JP govt is telling its citizens to not uninstall a social credit app: https://soranews24.com/2022/11/15/dont-uninstall-that-covid-tracking-app-yet-warns-japanese-government/
“Lest we forget, COCOA doesn’t really do anything right and that also includes uninstalling. The app was designed to run periodically in the background of your smartphone to scan for contact information, consuming a little memory and battery power in the process. But if you just uninstall COCOA like you would any other app, that routine background activity will still be carried out by your phone and still consume a little memory and battery power in the process.”
Kids sports on the decline in Japan (junior high/middle school): https://soranews24.com/2022/11/14/sports-playing-japanese-junior-high-students-at-an-all-time-low-survey-finds/
https://soranews24.com/2022/11/13/mysterious-mountain-village-is-home-to-christs-grave-and-an-ancient-pyramid/
Sad: https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20221114/p2a/00m/0li/020000c (Tips provided to prevent kids falling from balconies as Japan hits autumn accident peak) – Just like the USA, Japan’s cities are decaying. Children are dying.
The “Peanuts/Charlie Brown” schoolbus is a friendly face – an unwitting victim to govt surveillance of kids? https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20221111/p2a/00m/0na/032000c (Wi-Fi experiment to detect kids’ movements held in Fukuoka to boost bus safety) Why aren’t parents protecting their kids any longer?
Metaverse PT/OT/ASD therapy/SLP/MT and alphabet soup for the ASD snakebite victims of MMR/DTP/DTAP/Flu shots/Meningitis shots/etc. When the ASD therapy centers all are overflooded with SPED patients, including unemployable/violent ASD adult patients. Don’t worry, just slap a box to your head and crawl into that ball pit/onto that peanut ball in the OT monkeying-around room from Fly Away 2011 (an ASD film featuring a girl named Mandy). https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/xrhealth
“XRHealth will focus on bringing its physical therapy, occupational therapy, pain management, and psychological services to the metaverse. This initiative is expected to be beneficial to elderly people, people with disabilities, and other individuals who cannot easily seek in-person healthcare.”
Flu is just a minor inconvenience/seasonal detox. No excuse to take the M0TB thorns or anything like that. The C virus has never been isolated nor proven to exist, so what should we really worry about? The UK school system is collapsing and soon will Americas and the world: https://www.ageofautism.com/2022/11/autism-is-driving-the-collapse-of-schools-in-uk.html
Not surprising that, when the ill informed quacks and controlled dieticians tell you to NOT supplement.. that it’s all in a balanced diet, which doesn’t exist! With 3gms of Vit. C daily, (H R Clark PhD ND showed the killer white blood cells, the CD4, CD8 and CD14 leucocytes get fully revved up), and approx 8000iu D3, (Prof. Dr Roger Seheult), and 50mgs Zinc, OLD knowledge, then there is NO flu.
You fell for this a couple times. As I’ve said before, they won’t stop till YOU decide it’s going to stop by stop believing the lying commies up there.
When the soldiers come to your door, cough a couple of times and tell them that your doctor says you have an extremely contagious, terminal virus and you need a hug to make it all better. Then attempt to hug one of the soldiers.
If you have destroyed your immune system by taking the covid shots, you are at a much higher risk of severe sickness. Stay home.
The gov has no right to get involved in the “flu”. Go away.
Flu season happens every year. The best way you can keep healthy is eat properly, exercise, and stay away from germy people. Don’t eat a buffet style restaurants or any restaurants.
Most of those places hire people that are too stupid to wash their hands after they go to the bathroom. Per code, restaurant food handlers are supposed to become certified in food handling and hygiene. Most do not make their employees get certified.
Most restaurants are filthy inside their kitchens. I know this since I delivered restaurant supplies way back in the 70’s, and entered the restaurant through the back door. Redchinesey restaurants are the worst.
Avoid germy people, places, and things. Wash your hands with rubbing alcohol, like doctors used to do.
really, what happened to flu last 2.5 years? there was none, it was renamed to covid
Japanese govt attacking anti snakebite group “Yamato Q” for opposing the snake bites: https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20221109/p2a/00m/0na/007000c (Leader of Japanese anti-vaccine group arrested for alleged fraud over welfare money)
“OSAKA — The leader of the anti-vaccination group “Yamato Q” was arrested Nov. 8 on suspicion of defrauding a local ward office here of welfare payments by claiming that he had no income even though he was receiving money from donations to his group, police said.”
The reporting is phony to get idiots to vax themselves with the “Flu” shot. My idiot friend whom I’ve known for 30 years gets a “Flu” shot every year religiously & gets the Flu every year religiously like a Moron. Some people Never learn because they are programmed.
Just plain idiots, they are.
lol. So my real name pops up.. Haha. I don’t even give a crap at this point… :p
you made me smile.
If you die on a ventilator, the hospital gets a spiff. I heard it was approximately 30k.
hilarious. a flu epidemic now? what other fear porn will be introduced. lol
As predicted. There poor souls no longer have an immune system. Thank you Bill Gates and Tony Fauci. Hell is waiting foe you.
Yep, all from one Messenger RNA ( mRNA ) toxic euthanasia jab. Messenger of satan, thorn/syringe.
2 Corinthians 12:7
And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
I feel sorry for those children, having stupid parents who forced them to get this experimental jab.
Deploying troops with ventilators……great. Thanks for the heads up. I’ll meet them at the door with my own “ventilator”.
Meh, lies and deceit. 24/7 36/ days of hear. Stay away from people dressed in labcoats.
All you have to do is pray, and Christ and his angels will heal you. Mind over matter and strong prayers.
Year/typo
This will be by far the deadliest flu season ever and tens of millions of vaccinated idiots will be dropping dead because they no longer have an immune system.
Yes, I think you are correct.
Agreed. Then they’ll just push MORE jabs.
They’ll just go and get another injection. lol