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Respiratory viruses such as RSV are spreading earlier than usual. Flu could be next, some doctors fear
Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | 8/9/2021 | Stacey Burling

Posted on 08/09/2021 6:36:54 AM PDT by AT7Saluki

Audrey Odom John, chief of the division of pediatric infectious diseases at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, said her colleagues started referring last month to the weird influx of kids with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and parainfluenza as “Christmas in July.”

Jonathan Miller, chief of primary care at Nemours duPont Hospital for Children in Delaware, said the viruses have been “really exploding,” with 127 positive RSV tests in July, the most since February 2020.

That has Miller thinking ahead to the other respiratory virus that usually infects thousands in the fall and winter. “We’ve had January-type RSV in July, so what does that mean for flu?” he asked.

He thinks it means that flu could also make an early entrance and quickly spread through children, who are good at spreading flu to adults. Miller is recommending that children get flu shots as early as possible this year. (CVS says it will have shots available by mid-August.)

John also worries that this could be an especially bad respiratory virus season as bugs find kids “who went almost two years without exposure” because of masks, social distancing and virtual learning.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: flu; learnhowtopost; respiratory; rsv; virus
Last line is the money quote, but the pointy heads' solution will undoubtedly be perpetual masking/distancing/groveling.
1 posted on 08/09/2021 6:36:54 AM PDT by AT7Saluki
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recommending that children get flu shots as early as possible this year.

I think that the COVID "vaccine" is not approved for children. But don't worry! As a special feature this year, your child's flu shot will also contain the COVID "vaccine".

2 posted on 08/09/2021 6:39:08 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (We have two Democrat parties. 50% of the US population has no political representation.)
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To: AT7Saluki; bitt; null and void; Jane Long; SkyDancer; rodguy911; Albion Wilde; DarthVader; ...

Fauci/COVID-19 Dossier by Dr. David E. Martin

https://aim4truth.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/The-FauciCOVID-19-Dossier.pdf


3 posted on 08/09/2021 6:39:20 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: AT7Saluki
Last line is the money quote, but the pointy heads' solution will undoubtedly be perpetual masking/distancing/groveling.

You mean this last line?

Thomas Fekete, an infectious-diseases specialist at Temple University Hospital, said a second shot might not help because of “the way flu immunity works.” He said it might be better to give the anti-viral drug Tamiflu to prevent infection. Some transplant patients take it for weeks, he said.

4 posted on 08/09/2021 6:41:57 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: AT7Saluki

The good thing is we have decades of studies showing the interactions between flu shots and all of the different Covid vaxxes.....

Not!


5 posted on 08/09/2021 6:42:36 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: AT7Saluki

Strange news.

Could it be one of these viruses that are the real threat?

I have been waiting for something else to finally be revealed. There is more to all the desperation for ‘vaccines’ and masking than covid19 in all of it’s relative tameness.


6 posted on 08/09/2021 6:43:33 AM PDT by z3n
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To: AT7Saluki

Possibilities:

1) Corporate-media-govt fear-mongering alarmism for normal numbers
2) See #1, but fake numbers
3) Vaccine-induced ADE ramping up


7 posted on 08/09/2021 6:49:19 AM PDT by ReaganGeneration2
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To: Yo-Yo

“John also worries that this could be an especially bad respiratory virus season as bugs find kids “who went almost two years without exposure” because of masks, social distancing and virtual learning.”


8 posted on 08/09/2021 6:49:49 AM PDT by AT7Saluki (No cejar, no ceder)
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To: z3n; null and void; LS; Jane Long; SkyDancer; bitt; DarthVader; fieldmarshaldj; Red Badger; ...

500 Trillion Lawsuit against FEDERAL GOVT and 140 MONOPOLISTS! - Justice or Hopium?

https://www.brighteon.com/6a2f8d34-31e5-44aa-95ca-9f5978a6935f


9 posted on 08/09/2021 6:51:19 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: AT7Saluki

I’m wondering if the respiratory infections are due to the kids wearing masks in the hot & humid summer. I’ve noticed an increased number of masked up kids this over the past couple of months, walking around with unmasked parents (since the kids aren’t vaccinated & the parents follow everything Saint Fauci says). And I live in Georgia, so it’s purely by individual choice rather mandate.


10 posted on 08/09/2021 6:51:50 AM PDT by NoLongerTrappedInNY
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There are many kids that actually beg to wear them believe it or not. That is why you see a lot of adults not wearing them, but their kids are. I don’t have very young children anymore, but some of the parents I talk to tell me their children absolutely go nuts if they don’t get to wear one when out and about. Crazy stuff.


11 posted on 08/09/2021 6:59:24 AM PDT by Codeflier (Please stop calling these violent totalitarian collectivist Democrats liberals. )
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To: AT7Saluki

Unfortunately it has become impossible to know when to believe any of this. We have been lied to repeatedly for the better part of two years. You are better off believing the opposite of what our “learned masters” tell us.


12 posted on 08/09/2021 7:23:08 AM PDT by mund1011
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https://www.disabledveterans.org/2020/03/11/flu-vaccine-increases-coronavirus-risk/

Caveat emptor on ALL SHOTS now days…
13 posted on 08/09/2021 7:53:19 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: AT7Saluki

And the Southern Border’s still open


14 posted on 08/09/2021 8:23:56 AM PDT by goodnesswins (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution." -- Saul Alinksy)
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To: NoLongerTrappedInNY

I was out at the lake and idiot parents had Kaden and Nevaeh wearing masks splashing around in the water. I thought water boarding was illegal?


15 posted on 08/09/2021 8:37:17 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: ReaganGeneration2

“Vaccine-induced ADE ramping up”

That factor could - hopefully - kill the CDC, and in 2022 help kill the Dims House majority.


16 posted on 08/09/2021 8:39:07 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: AT7Saluki

Didn’t they say wearing the masks was they reason for no flu last year? Flu virtually disappeared. “sarc”, or the Covid test couldn’t tell the difference between the flu and Covid.


17 posted on 08/09/2021 8:39:12 AM PDT by smoky415
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3) Vaccine-induced ADE ramping up

The Jekyll vaxx’s darker Mr. Hyde side expressing itself?

18 posted on 08/09/2021 12:08:07 PM PDT by GBA (Endeavor to persevere)
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To: goodnesswins

I’ll bet that’s it.


19 posted on 08/09/2021 5:07:46 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix circa 1984.)
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To: AT7Saluki

My daughter was hospitalized with RSV when she was a toddler. It is serious for young children under age 2. I was surprised when some friends asked for prayers for their youngest who was sick with RSV.

My oldest cam home from camp a couple weeks ago with a cold. Lots of the kids caught the cold, several of them tested and came up negative for Covid. A nasty cold out of season was surprising but makes my wonder if we our Covid avoidance behavior is breeding for high communicability viruses, not actually preventing spread. That applies to Covid varients as well.


20 posted on 08/09/2021 6:03:25 PM PDT by Flying Circus (God help us )
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