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The COVID Digest, 20Nov2022

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The COVID Digest, 20Nov2022

Respiratory roundup

Amber Schmidtke, PhD
Nov 21, 2022
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As discussed last week, it’s a complex respiratory disease ecosystem out there these days. This week we will take a look at three respiratory diseases and how they are trending across the United States: COVID-19, Influenza and Respiratory Syncitial Virus (RSV).

COVID-19

We’ll start with COVID-19 since that’s the virus people might be most familiar with. It is also the least remarkable of the three viruses of interest this week. As a reminder, we do have a vaccine for COVID-19. In fact, if you haven’t received a dose of vaccine within the past 2 months, there is a new bivalent booster for you. Bivalent means it is targeting two variants of the virus: the original variant and omicron from last winter.

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