Georgia is seeing very high flu activity again this week as the nationwide flu outbreak fills hospital beds around the United States. The wave of flu patients is further straining a hospital system that is already over capacity, just as the expected post-Thanksgiving COVID-19 spike is picking up steam and RSV continues to circulate.
It’s the triple whammy of respiratory viruses that public health experts predicted earlier in the fall.
The Atlanta-based U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is ramping up calls for Americans to get vaccinated against both the flu and COVID-19.
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