I think these graphs from @NSWHealth are both beautiful and really interesting.
Look at that RSV take off. This will be impact young kids and those with asthma I'd expect. But it's a *very* late season. Highlights that "seasonal respiratory viruses" are about more than "season"
Look at that RSV take off. This will be impact young kids and those with asthma I'd expect. But it's a *very* late season. Highlights that "seasonal respiratory viruses" are about more than "season"
RSV and RV peaks don;t line up - but RSV lags RV. Here's one hypothesis (lest call it the RV as MASTER hypothesis)- RVs wane - for whatever reason, lots of immunity - RSV able to get a foothold and takes off.
Or RSV as MASTER, hypothesis: huge cohort of immune naive kids for RSV to take hold in, pushes out RVs (lag due to this happening in the background, not being captured by testing for some reason)
Also flu. We need to talk about how essential it looks to be for flu to arrive, in suitable quantity, from overseas. Australia's international borders have only been open to returning citizens & various special people. Flu hasn't roared back as RSV has. No local persisting pool?
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