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2024 duPont-Columbia Award winner | 2022 Peabody Award winner | 4x @NPPA Reporter of the Year | @9News Director of Special Projects | investigates@9news.com

Nov 21, 2022, 9 tweets

THREAD

Respiratory disease update in Colorado going on right now from CDPHE

Let's start with COVID

#9News
#COVID19Colorado
#RSVColorado

Hospitalizations (covid)

"clear increasing trend" says state epi

Influenza/RSV

Nearly 900 hospitalizations for RSV. 93% pediatric cases

RSV symptoms

RSV positivity nearing 25%

VERY early season for RSV continues

This is a pediatric problem right now

"certainly not a great place to be right now" says CDPHE when it comes to early start to flu season

Current availabilty of pediatric ICU beds

TWO

Yeah...

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