{"id":1205199,"date":"2023-11-21T14:58:57","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T19:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1205199"},"modified":"2023-11-21T14:58:57","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T19:58:57","slug":"the-infectious-disease-forecast-for-thanksgiving-is-looking-dicey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1205199","title":{"rendered":"The infectious disease forecast for Thanksgiving is looking dicey"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Enlarge<\/a> \/<\/span> Travelers walk through Union Station as they travel ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday in Washington, DC, November 21, 2023. (credit: Getty | Saul Loeb<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

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As Americans prepare for the Thanksgiving holiday this week, respiratory viruses are ramping up, creating hazardous infectious conditions for mass travel and multi-generational family gatherings.<\/p>\n

Flu is on the rise in most of the country, with six Southern states and the District of Columbia already seeing high levels of influenza-like illnesses (ILI) activity. Louisiana has reached “very high” ILI activity, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in the latest flu surveillance update<\/a>. The percentage of flu tests coming back positive is also increasing nationwide, with only one region, the Mid-Atlantic region, showing a stable week-over-week positivity rate. However, the CDC noted that its rate overall is trending upward.<\/p>\n

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This year’s flu season is again starting early; the current flu activity levels are about four to six weeks ahead of when we usually see them. And with activity already at highs in many states, there’s a good chance that we’ll again see extremely high levels in some places\u2014moving from red to the dreaded deep purple on CDC’s scale, which we saw last year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nSource: Ars Technica – The infectious disease forecast for Thanksgiving is looking dicey<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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