Doctors warn of rise in COVID-19, flu and RSV cases

Doctors are warning about a triple threat of viruses this winter. Hospitals are now concerned they may be overwhelmed a rise in COVID-19, flu and RSV.Mass General-Brigham saw 50 to 80 cases of children with RSV per day this weekend.It comes as COVID-19 cases are on the rise again.Hospitals are now concerned they may be overwhelmed by COVID-19, flu and RSV.Gov. Charlie Baker said the National Guard can deploy to help hospitals, should they need it, similar to COVID-19’s peak.“We’re hearing that there are a number of viruses circulating and we’re concerned that this winter they’re going to be higher than we’ve seen in the past year, so masking still works,” said Dr. Todd Ellerin of South Shore Health.While schools and holidays continue without masks, experts urge vaccinations for both flu and for COVID-19. “The key message is to go out and get your bivalent vaccine. It may not only protect against infection, but also hospitalizations,” Ellerin said. But so far, less than 10 percent of eligible Americans have gotten the updated booster. Recent studies show immunity is waning for those with just one booster.”If you’re relying on a vaccine you got six months or nine months ago to get you through this fall and winter, there is a pretty high likelihood the new subvariants will escape from that,” said Dr. Ashish Jha, White House COVID-19 response coordinator.