Spiking cases of RSV among children are at a critical point in the U.S. but will hopefully begin declining from their peak soon, Anthony Fauci said today.
have abounded in recent weeks as physicians across the country have reported seeing cases of RSV rise, coinciding with the flu season and COVID-19 pandemic.sent a letter
to President Biden and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra asking the administration to declare an emergency amidst an "alarming surge of pediatric hospitalizations" due in part to rising cases of RSV. "Across the country, more than three-quarters of pediatric hospital beds are full, and many states are reporting more than 90 percent of their pediatric beds are occupied," the letter stated.Asked by host Margaret Brennan if the rise in RSV cases is an emergency, Fauci replied, "it is if in fact, which in some regions of the country, we're seeing that the hospital system for pediatrics are at the point of almost being overwhelmed.
"When you have very little wiggle room of intensive care beds, when you have like almost all the intensive care beds that are occupied, it's bad for the children who have RSV and need intensive care," Fauci said, adding that the situation also means there's no room in intensive care or the ICU for children with other diseases and illnesses.
"So if you get to that situation that's approaching an emergency. So when the nurses and the pediatric associations are saying this is really critical, it is," he added."Hopefully we're going to see that peak come down because if you look at other countries that have had those kinds of peaks with flu and RSV, it's peaked early, but come down," Fauci said., peaking in February and March, but this year has seen an earlier onset.
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