11-30-22 flu cases rising

A rapidly intensifying flu season is straining U.S. hospitals already overburdened with patients sick from other respiratory infections.  The government reported that more than half the states are reporting high or very high levels of flu, unusually high for this early in the season.   Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says flu cases are growing in Wisconsin and the Midwest.   Mueller says Wisconsin is listed in the yellow or moderate category for flu cases.   This is happening when children’s hospitals already are dealing with a surge of illnesses from RSV, a common cause of coldlike symptoms that can be serious for infants and the elderly.  And COVID-19 is still sending people to the hospital.  One ER doctor describes the mix as a “viral jambalaya.”