Face mask mandates return in multiple states as doctors warn of 'quad-demic' of four viral infections

A quadruple-whammy of viruses are hitting the US as millions go back to work after the holidays, data shows.

Official figures reveal that infections cause by flu, Covid, RSV (a respiratory illness that causes the cold) and norovirus (sometimes called the stomach flu) all started to surge over the Christmas period, when families gathered to celebrate.

And experts say figures will only continue to rise over the coming weeks as the US heads into the peak period of its annual flu season.

Data shows that norovirus cases are at their highest level for this time of year since 2012, while RSV hospitalizations are up nearly 40 percent in two weeks.

The surge in infections is prompting a return of mask mandates in some states, with a hospital system in Wisconsin this week becoming the latest to reinstate them.

Hospitals in parts of California, Illinois, Indiana and New Jersey have also brought back the rules for staff and visitors. Officials in New York City are urging people to consider wearing a face mask on public transport.

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Doctors warn of quad-demic as infections soar and mask mandates return

Official figures reveal that flu , Covid, RSV and norovirus infections all started to surge over the Christmas period, where families gathered to celebrate.

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[1LoverofGod]

Many people have not stopped using the face diapers since 2020.
I have still seen people driving Alone with a mask on to this day.
I was at the emergency room a couple of weeks back and I asked one of the nurses if there's been a change in hospital policy since the Governor imposed the "state of emergency" in California over the bird flu.
The nurse said they haven't gotten any notice of changes.
I think the Governor "jumped the gun" as the saying goes, in declaring a "state of emergency" over just a couple of people being diagnosed with bird flu in the state and no reports of the bird flu being on the rise in humans in the US, only regular reporting on animals being infected with it, but not many human infections. Just a lot of "Beware" of a coming possible pandemic.
Every Winter the flu goes around. It has for decades. But with symptoms being so similar, a lot of people don't know what type of flu they have. But even so, there's no reports on a rise in specifically the bird flu in California.

 

[Tall Timbers]

Many people have not stopped using the face diapers since 2020.
I have still seen people driving Alone with a mask on to this day.

Even here in the conservative state of Wyoming a lot of people still wear the face mask. Fear leads to people willing to do strange things.