CNN — Despite a relatively slow start to respiratory disease season, low vaccination rates threaten that trend and the rapid rise of some illnesses is already putting children at increased risk.
Overall, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicts that this season could be similar — or even better — than the last, but the peak rate of respiratory virus hospitalizations will likely be well above what they typically were in years before the COVID-19 pandemic.
For now, though, COVID-19 levels in the U.S. are nearly the lowest they’ve been since the start of the pandemic and they’re decreasing, according to CDC data from November 22. Emergency department visits for flu and respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV are also low, but are starting to rise.
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