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Respiratory illness activity is elevated or increasing across most areas of the United States, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

In total, 15 states plus New York City are experiencing "high" or "very high" levels of respiratory illness activity, defined as people going to the doctor with symptoms from any respiratory disease including flu, COVID, RSV and the common cold.

COVID-19 and flu hospitalizations appear to be trending upward while RSV hospitalizations appear to be to be stable, the data shows.

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[–] pan_troglodytes@programming.dev 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

havent seen that in the pnw, yet - though a flu bug is making its rounds, I had it this week and was down for most of the week. or maybe it was covid. similar symptoms

[–] vivadanang@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

puget sound here - we've had waves of covid and rsv come through the schools. and practically no one wears a mask lol. fml

I tested 4 times, 3 negative for covid, one positive, a couple months back. It's def out there, but I think the older style tests aren't as good at catching it early.

:| glad I was able to get my booster recently though.

[–] Pretzilla@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You didn't need a covid booster so soon after testing positive, just for future reference.

And just ignore the negative results - the RATs have a high false negative rate so that's expected. Yea, they need the stars to align to show positive.

[–] vivadanang@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

You didn’t need a covid booster so soon after testing positive, just for future reference.

perhaps but I didn't want to wait until any natural antibodies waned before trying to find a covid booster in the middle of the winter.

[–] kinther@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Seattle here and got a cold the other week from work. Everyone was coughing and sneezing. Felt like crap the following day