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poojokesarefunny t1_it72bz1 wrote

Can't call it COVID anymore, but we all know that's what's happening

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yeahgoodok2020 t1_it7gw5q wrote

My infant daughter just had Covid followed by RSV back to back.

Definitely nervous about the long term consequences of Covid, but her reaction to RSV was a lot more severe in the moment (and personally terrifying).

Both viruses are rapidly on the rise with kids back in school, and I'm nervous how bad this Flu season is going to be.

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mikeokay t1_it7ip51 wrote

That really sucks. I hope she’s doing better now

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tangosis t1_it9upra wrote

My son was 5 months old when he got COVID, and luckily, it wasn't that bad. 3 months later, he contracta RSV and we spend 3 nights at Yale New Haven while he's hooked up to IV and high flow oxygen. It was absolutely frightening. Luckily, we just got his flu booster in time for the season, but I'm hoping to keep it at 2/3 for the year.

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marche_au_supplice t1_it767y6 wrote

I actually don’t know what’s happening, care to enlighten me?

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BeadyEyedThieves t1_it77xoi wrote

RSV, and the weekly admission across 3 hospitals went from 54 to slightly over 100, when the 3 children's hospitals have 84 beds between them. So, that's definitely a CRISIS ERMAGERDDDD.

I guess people don't realize that hospitals are financially incentivized to run as close to capacity as possible. So it's pretty inevitable that a positive influx in any type of disease is going to result in being "over capacity". Also people have a much higher propensity to bring their child to the hospital when they're sick with something because it's scary and it's their child. Better to be told to go home than to need to be at the hospital when you're up against the clock.

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[deleted] t1_it85k4p wrote

I’ll pass on your invented “we” and go with what the doctors are saying thanks. Perhaps you can talk about it with your friends on Facebook.

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