Comprehensive "Wall Street Journal", "Capitol Hill" and "Daily Mail" reported: With the arrival of winter in the northern Hemisphere, the United States is currently facing the new coronavirus, seasonal influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) three viruses, the number of hospitalizations is on the rise, increasing the burden of hospitals, and some vaccines are in short supply.
At the same time, the high incidence of illness also means that employees take more frequent sick leave, which costs American society at least billions of dollars in medical and economic losses. In addition, the travel and reunion rush brought by Thanksgiving could accelerate the spread of the virus.
Recently, the number of sick people in the United States has soared, and so has the pressure on hospitals. Doctors are warning that Americans are on the verge of an American nightmare that includes seasonal illnesses such as the flu, COVID-19 and RSV. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says more than 100,000 people could be hospitalized this winter's upper respiratory illness season.
Seasonal flu and RSV infections have dropped during the pandemic, but experts say all three forms a complete circular chain of transmission this year.
The latest data from the CDC show that cases of RSV and influenza are both on the rise, as are hospitalizations for COVID-19. Yvonne, an epidemiologist and infectious disease researcher at Stanford School of Medicine. Maldonado says this could be the new normal.
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the number of people infected with the novel coronavirus increased by 9 percent in the most recent week as of March 11, the number of people hospitalized due to the novel coronavirus increased by nearly 9 percent, and the number of deaths also increased by 7 percent.
The CDC currently defines 20 or more new coronavirus hospital admissions per 100,000 people per week as "high," a level that includes places like Hawaii's Big Island and Nevada's White Pine County, while 30 other states have at least one county in the "moderate" category.
In addition to the increase in coronavirus cases, the CDC data also show an uptick in flu cases across the country, with active flu cases in several states and high infection rates in the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, where health officials issued pandemic notifications and warnings earlier this month.
In addition, the CDC also reported that the number of cases of RSV is also on the rise, with the number of RSV tests in the United States reaching thousands earlier this month.
Flu and RSV often kill thousands of people in the winter months before the coronavirus outbreak. While today's coronavirus is waning in power, it remains the deadliest of the three, in part because it is active all year round.
The CDC predicts that the number of hospitalizations this year will be about the same as last year, though far higher than pre-COVID-19 levels. Jason, head of the CDC's forecasting division. Asher said that even a mild season in which all three viruses circulate at the same time can put more people in the hospital than a severe season with only flu and RSV.
However, the three viruses are raging at the same time that Americans have just finished Thanksgiving and are also worried about the movement and clustering of people brought by the holiday, so that the number of expected infections continues to rise.
