The triple threat of flu, COVID and RSV is pushing some hospitals to the brink.
The impact is being felt throughout the Bay Area.
Stanford Children's Hospital said they are postponing some elective surgeries, ensuring they have the staff and space to care for their most at-risk young patients.“Above 90% occupancy in the adult hospitals. Influenza is a dark horse that’s coming up very quickly, about 12 times increase in the last month at UCSF,” said UCSF Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. Peter Chin-Hong.
The CDC said over Thanksgiving week, outpatient visits for flu-like illness tripled the national baseline and hospitalizations nearly doubled from the previous week.The good news locally, is that Regional Medicial Center said that all of the patients are being seen and treated and they are not seeing the death rates we saw at the beginning of the pandemic.“The type that’s circulating is the type that’s included in the vaccine.
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