Thread by @DrEricDing

⚠️DISASTROUS **Influenza-Like Illness** this year—compared to the same week of 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021–notice how previous “mild” seasons didn’t lead to bullshit “immunity debt” surges? #Tripledemic likely worse due to immunocompromised by #LongCovid.

HT @KirvinQuamme

2) Larger graph of last week’s CDC risk levels of *influenza like illness* which includes a wide variety of respiratory infections resembling flu (which can also be RSV and COVID). The color purple is almost never used. But this year- it’s purple galore. Hospitals overwhelmed.

3) It’s so bad this year that WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF MEDICINE FOR CHILDREN nationwide!! This is not some anecdotal thing — this is a phenomenon in both US and Canada — when kids can get fever med and painkillers — the shit is bad! Anti vaxxers & anti maskers should be ashamed.

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1598830737310060551

4) Paging @CDCDirector to show some leadership. Why is she so absent in times of a nationwide crisis? Seriously @CDCgov - people barely hearing anything about the crazy surge! Hospital beds for kids being full doesn’t lie!

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1599451421144801281

5) Note: Outpatient Respiratory Illness Activity Map—This monitors visits for respiratory illness that includes fever plus a cough or sore throat—referred to as ILI—& may capture patient visits due to other respiratory pathogens that cause similar symptoms
cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usm…