Hey all...
So I'm about to hop on a call with @CDPHE folks... Similar to what we did with COVID.
But this time... we're talking COVID, RSV amd flu...
Details to follow below
#9news
"An increasingly challenging respiratory' environment in Colorado is already underway according to Dr. Rachel Herlihy
"Unprecedented level of (RSV) transmission"
RSV positivity climbing
And... wow... the second graph
Another wow graph
Definitely impacted VERY young
It's all RSV right now with pediatric cases
Simultaneously... COVID positivty and hospitalizations are HEADED UP
(for adult populations mostly)
Flu
Yep... going up too
Almost all Influenza A
"Early and intnse start to RSV season" says Childrens Hospital Colorado doc
"it's like nothing we've ever seen before"
-- Children's Hospital Colorado
Just a sidenote
It's JARRING to hear a Colorado hospital talk this way. Haven't heard these kinds of words since the height of the COVID season late last year/early this year
Colorado currently has 3 pediatric ICU beds available.
This last week, we've hovered between 0-5
Just asked... when might we expect RSV peak?
(Based on current trending, with hospital capacity already challenged, we could face months of capacity challenges)
Bottom line... we don't know. Answer was, in essence, hoping for an early peak, but we can't say
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