As the map below shows, it doesn’t get much worse for influenza (and RSV) in Colorado. Well, I hope not anyway. We have upticks in Influenza, COVID, and RSV all occurring at the same time. I have several patients with both COVID and Influenza and they are pretty sick.
- Stressed Hospitals
- You can still vaccinate for COVID and Influenza !! It’s not too late.
- Tamiflu shortage — save it for treating patients and limit its use for prophylaxis.
- N95 masks work better than surgical masks to protect against Influenza, COVID, RSV. I’ll be wearing one until this surge of viral nastiness has past (~6 weeks I hope).
- The circulating Influenza strains are Influenza A H3N2 (nastiest strain) and Influenza A N1H1.
- We actually made a good guess at which virus strains to use for the Flu Vaccine this year….SCARY!!
See details below.
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CDC Map and Key Points
Colorado CDPHE Data
