...And the number of people getting vaccinated/boosted is not rising with them.
UPDATE 1: Dec 2023 pockets
UPDATE 2: A handy-dandy chart of symptoms and Jan 2024 pockets
Last year, Thanksgiving heralded in a Christmas surge of COVID and flu because people were thinking all was well and COVID is over. There is a propensity for a Dejavu ending to 2023 as well if people don't vaccinate and use some caution.
Hopefully SAVvers are aware and know to ask guests to test before visiting the elderly or coming to gatherings indoors that make everyone more vulnerable, but can be deadly for some. I still have long COVID. Anyone who comes to my house knows why I am still being stringent... but your health and welfare is worth it too, is it not?
Feeling sick? COVID and flu cases are on the rise.
Here's how to spot the difference.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2023/11/30/covid-19-vs-flu-symptoms/71727148007/
UPDATE 12: COVID ain't over & it doesn't care that you think it is
https://www.sorryantivaxxer.com/forum/main/comment/defeec5e-cc6f-4f8c-902a-31420d8cb217
Free tests are still available as well as free vaccines
https://www.sorryantivaxxer.com/forum/main/comment/d0a9d6ca-d404-4045-8530-85fab11ad387
Get your booster!
The updated COVID booster rolled out this fall was designed to target XBB variants. The top 2 variants circulating are mutations of the same XBB.1.9 strain and HV variants are a subvarients of EG.5
UPDATE 2:
A handy-dandy chart of symptoms and Jan 2024 pockets
Canada: Influenza and RSV cases are on the rise in B.C., and the province says hospitalizations have hit record highs. There’s now a push for more people to get vaccinated, three months into B.C.’s immunization campaign. (3 children died in BC to end last year) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2NlafXgpA
Respiratory virus detections in Canada
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/surveillance/respiratory-virus-detections-canada.html
USA Jan 5: Flu and COVID are on the rise, but there are fewer severe COVID cases than last year.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/01/05/1222976528/respiratory-illnesses-covid-flu-rsv-increase-rise-after-holidays
USA maps and graphs: Respiratory Virus Activity Levels
Provides an update on how COVID-19, influenza, and RSV may be spreading nationally and in your state. https://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/data-research/dashboard/activity-levels.html
This flu stat is a reason to vaccinate... There were influenza-associated pediatric deaths were reported during Week 1 https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm
My Trumper in-law went on a cruise last month. She caught what she says was a "cold" but since returning almost 3 weeks ago she still has a cough and I don't think she got the 2023 booster. Her husband caught Covid when they went on a cruise in fall, 2022. Hmm, must be a coincidence AGAIN. 😫
UPDATE 1
There are rising pockets ... and you know what to do to avoid being a statistic. Have visitors test, make sure ventilation inside is good, make sure their vaccines and booster are up to date; wash hands often, have throw away towels in the bathrooms... and keep hand sanitzier at the door.
I have hand wipes, a large sanitizer bottle and a small garbage container, lined, under a small table by the door for masks and used wipes. Thise who are my age are most vulnerable to another surge, Nurses and Docs are leaving the profession ... and my next bout of COVID might kill me. Any one who complains has a door handy...
COVID, flu, RSV on the rise in California
COVID-19 numbers are on the rise in Illinois
New York: with surge in fluCOVID and RSV cases
doctors say no time better than now to get vaccinated
Quebec's ERs are over capacity
as respiratory viruses increase
'A lot' of COVID-19, flu circulating in Ontario
FYI, Laker Kolya and Cris Porper are ad spamming trolls. Ignore the comment below.
https://www.sorryantivaxxer.com/forum/general-discussion/pos-ad-spammer-trolls
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