We may be heading into what some have called a 'tripledemic,' where RSV, a virus common in children, flu and COVID are all surging at the same time.
"We are monitoring capacity across the country, sharing best practices to reduce the strain on systems and standing by to deploy additional personnel and supplies as needed," Dawn O’Connell, assistant secretary for preparedness and response at U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, said of the possibility of a"tripledemic" during a press call on Nov. 4.is responsible for more COVID-19. cases in the U.S.
At that time, there were still travel restrictions and other public health precautions in place, so it was harder for these variants to spread, she explained. But now, it’s easier for the virus to spread, and there are “way more possibilities for different lineages to exist in parallel.” "It's been overcrowded for quite a while, and all these subvariants of omicron are kind of jockeying for the lead," he said.
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