According to the CDC, 44 states have reported high or very high flu activity last week.
Emergency rooms are filling up at a quick pace and health officials have been seeing adults with both flu and COVID along with young pediatric patients with RSV.
Experts say there was likely more spread of respiratory viruses during Thanksgiving gatherings and at crowded airports. Senator Schumer is calling on the Department of Human Services on Sunday to be ready to provide emergency rooms with the doctors and nurses they need.
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