Hospitals and doctors are seeing an influx of patients with four respiratory illnesses: COVID-19, flu, RSV, and now strep A. NickJCaloway reports.
-- Just in time for the holidays, hospitals and doctors are seeing an influx of patients with four nasty illnesses: COVID-19, flu, RSV and strep A. What was already a nasty flu season, might just be getting started.
In Jersey City, Hudson Catholic Regional High School had to close Friday because there were too many employees out sick with the flu, according to a letter to parents. "Cough, congestion, runny nose, sore throat, the whole nine yards," said Eric Beagin, who was out shopping for medicine for his under-the-weather wife and kids."Once the kids get it in school, it kind of runs its course through the house.
"The office has been incredible busy. We're seeing lots of respiratory illnesses," said Dr. Larry Stiefel, with Tenafly Pediatrics in Paramus. "These kids just haven't been exposed to things. So they're getting sick very frequently," said Stiefel. On top of it all, some medications are"I've never seen this kind of shortage in the last 10 years," said Manish Pujara, who owns Paramus Pharmacy.
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