Flu and RSV cases started spiking early this year. At the same time, COVID, parainfluenza, metapneumovirus and common colds are circulating in Alaska, too.
Respiratory viruses have been threatening hospital capacity in Alaska this winter. Dr. Matt Hirschfeld, a pediatrician with Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage, said flu and RSV cases started spiking early this year, in October.
Most people get RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, as children, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get it again as an adult. RSV and flu both have the strongest impacts on young children and elderly people.State epidemiologist Dr. Joe McLaughlin said RSV usually causes mild, cold-like symptoms. Hirschfeld added that the majority of his patients live in rural Alaska and were transferred into the city for more specialized care.
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