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    COVID, flu, RSV on the rise in California. Is another 'tripledemic' coming?

    by Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times Dec 05, 2023 5 minutes
    A nurse gives a COVID-19 vaccine during a flu and COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Kaiser Permanente Pasadena on Oct. 12, 2023, in Pasadena, California.

    Respiratory virus season is ramping up in California, prompting health officials to renew their calls for residents to get vaccinated in hopes of reducing potential pressure on health systems across the state.

    While conditions so far are nowhere near as daunting as last autumn — when hospitals labored under the strain of a "tripledemic" spawned by wide simultaneous circulation of COVID-19, flu and respiratory syncytial virus — the transmittable trio is on the rise.

    Data show new COVID and flu hospital admissions are increasing in California, and Fresno County was forced to take steps last month to stem a tide of patients arriving in its emergency rooms, instructing ambulances to not transport patients to hospitals if they are stable and not suffering from an emergency.

    Nationally, "RSV season is in full swing. The flu season is just beginning across most of the country, though accelerating fast.

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