'Seeing this in October is pretty staggering,' says county's deputy public health officer
Alarming surges of respiratory illness at a San Diego high school and the region’s only children’s hospital are strong evidence that a fierce flu season has arrived early this year.
“Seeing this in October is pretty staggering,” Kaiser said. “While the majority of kids are going to be just fine, you know, if we’re seeing flu outbreaks that large at a local high school, we’re probably seeing them in other places in the community.” Bradley said the hospital has admitted about 250 young children with RSV infections that have caused lower respiratory tract infections that, in some cases, have turned into viral pneumonia, requiring supplemental oxygen treatment.
About 20 percent of children in Rady’s intensive care units Wednesday were admitted due to severe breathing problems caused by RSV-related lung inflammation, Bradley said. As to why RSV has made such an early and fierce run at local kids, Bradley said that it may be a more-aggressive strain of the virus in circulation this year. But the COVID-19 pandemic, which kept young children home for the first few years of their lives, is also likely playing a significant role.
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