The U.S. is grappling with a surge of four major viruses—flu, COVID-19, RSV, and norovirus—as millions return to work and school after the holiday season, according to new data.
Health experts warn that the coming weeks could see further spikes as the country enters peak flu season. Norovirus cases are at their highest for this time of year since 2012, while RSV hospitalizations have jumped nearly 40% in just two weeks.
So far, 3.1 million Americans have been infected by the flu, with 1,500 deaths and 37,000 hospitalizations reported. COVID-19 cases are estimated between 2.5 to 4.4 million since October, resulting in up to 13,000 deaths.
In response, hospitals in Wisconsin, California, Illinois, New Jersey, and Indiana have reinstated mask mandates. New York City officials are urging residents to consider wearing masks on public transport.
Experts blame holiday gatherings and weakened immunity from past lockdowns for the surge, cautioning that viral activity may remain high through January and February.
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Couldn’t have timed it any better. Right when trump is about to come back. Hopefully this time around we’re smarter and won’t get fooled again. Or at least the smartest people in the world the עם חכם ונבון will see through the fog this time
Follow Fauci’s science. Flimsy disposable masks save lives.
It’s all theater. You lemechels never learn.
Fool me once shame on you
Fool me twice …. You won’t
Don’t think masks work? OK, next time you need surgery make sure to tell the surgeon not to wear a mask! When you get a life-threatening infection you might have wished otherwise.
Masks enable the yimach shmam pro-Palesrinians to protest and wreak havoc incognito. Better that masks should be reserved strictly for medical needs.
Gabethemagnicifant
Covid was a hoax. That’s the point. It’s not about the masks. And unfortunately to klal yisroel eternal shame they missed it. We need to investigate as to how the smartest people in the world got fooled by crooked politicians and media hysteria. I have some ideas in case you’re interested
@GabeTheMagnificent. If you check the history, masks were only started to be used by surgeons in case they sneezed during surgery, not because of the fear of passing viruses, etc.
‘Contagion in Jewish Law’, Akiva Friedman on historical views of contagion as “complete nonsense”. (westonaprice.org/health-topics/contagion-in-jewish-law)
GabeTheMagnificent:
Instead of posting nonsense, go ask a surgeon why he wears that mask.
Hint: It’s not because of a virus concern.
To Gabe
So I did some quick research and in fact there is little evidence masks work – and I will specifically address the operating room.
Read this article on pub med “Unmasking the surgeons: the evidence base behind the use of facemasks in surgery
Charlie Da Zhou “
Basically saying there is no evidence (based on Cochrane reviews as well as other studies) that masks reduce the risk of infection during surgery and that they’re worn mostly out of protocol and expectations.
They do say mask wearing is the acceptable norm but there’s no proof it does anything except protect the surgeon from getting splashed with bodily fluids in his mouth.
Furthermore studies conducted during and after Covid clearly showed no benefit to society in terms of reduced infection with masks.
Stop being a brainwashed fool
Anthony Fauci did it again. Founding father of HIV and AIDS, and COVID( Certificate of Vaccination ID). We can expect more from this diabolical monster. Reincarnation of Dr. Mengele.
The Globalists and their Eugenics programs to eliminate surplus population
Gabe – I work as a surgeon. In our training no one ever suggested masks work for viruses. The reason surgeons wear masks is bec there’s an open incision within a yard of your moth and breathing coughing and sneezing causes unsterile moisture from your mouth filled with bacteria into the incision. NO ONE trained in surgery believes these protect from viruses. I can say more but I’m on my phone and it will take too much effort.
“Experts blame holiday gatherings and weakened immunity from past lockdowns for the surge…”
So mask up and lock down, or the “experts” won’t have enough content to use to further their “data.”
Btw GABE, not the same thing. Main reason surgeons where masks is because they’re a physical barrier against blood and bodily fluid splashes during a surgery.
Gabe, No mask don’t work. The reason they wear masks by surgery is NOT to protect from flu….. Read some science, it’s to protect from saliva accidentally dripping…. Basic fact.
Masks dont work. Surgery and Daily life two different things. Stop the nonsense.
Gabe
You got me thinking, why don’t patients need to wear masks?
Something else, maybe the reason surgeons wear masks is so that their spit (when they talk) doesn’t get into the cavity during surgery
Ever thought of that?
Norovirus is more a close contact fecal/fomite stomach flu vs airborne respiratory. Unless you’re directly treating someone with this virus with an N95+, masking is pointless.
C19 is way to small for most masks, even N95 only gets about 60% viral load, P100 gets 90%. Very shady unscientific claims these past years especially with surgical/cloth masks. They do however warm your nose in extreme cold winter outdoors, which limits viral pathogen breeding ground in nasopharynx.
Weakened immunity : hmmm,wasn’t that the long game plan produced from and provoked by the Vaccines ??? :(. Reference work done by Dr Judy Mikovitz !!
FACT: immunosupressant medications are now prescribed for a wide range of autoimmune diseases. The immunocompromised among us are challenged throughout the year and even more so during “flu season”! We do everything in our power to stay infection-free lest we contract life-threatening respiratory infections or secondary infections that last months, chas v’sholom. We ask our dear community to practice basic standards of hygiene and to have consideration for others: WASH YOUR HANDS WITH SOAP; cough or sneeze away from others; don’t socialize with a known infection. The flu can kill. Have compassion for our elderly, infants and others, the invisibly-disabled, who have compromised or weakened immune systems. Don’t mock mask-wearers, it’s an opportunity to practice respect, compassion and be ‘dan lechaf zechus’. The life you save may be your own.