Remember Me?!? Common colds and virus make a post pandemic surge

[underpants]

As coronavirus recedes, colds and common viruses are back — especially among children

Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an advisory warning that respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV, has been detected with increasing frequency since March in 10 Southern states, plus Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico. RSV is the most common cause of bronchial infections and pneumonia in children under age 1, with a season that typically runs roughly from November to early spring.


“It’s very unusual to see this volume of sick kids during the summer,” said Sally Goza, immediate past president of the American Academy of Pediatrics. “This is the time of year we normally are doing checkups for camp.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/06/16/increase-colds-rsv-kids/

[roamer65]

1. Here comes the brown menace.

Norovirus.

🦠🤢🦠

[spinbaby]

2. COVID vaccine may protect against common cold

I ran across this recently:

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroom/news-releases/covid-19-story-tip-study-shows-vaccines-may-protect-against-new-covid-19-strains--and-maybe-the-common-cold


Of course children aren’t vaccinated against covid.

[abqtommy]

3. "10 Southern states, plus Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico." Funny, but last time I looked

at a map Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico were already "Southern states". Maybe I could get a job
writing for the WAPOST. But I digress...

I get a regular flu vaccine every year and it's been a loooong time since I've had the flu.

From link: Does my child need a flu shot this year?

Answer From Pritish K. Tosh, M.D.

In most cases, yes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends a yearly flu (influenza) vaccine for all children 6 months and older — in the United States ideally by the end of October. This year the CDC recommends the flu shot or the nasal spray flu vaccine.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/infant-and-toddler-health/expert-answers/flu-shots/faq-20058448

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

4. New Mexico is a southwestern state.

Not at all a southern state.