> The real contagion is this fear.
It is not fear that is filling up the available ICU beds, it is an avoidable surge in an actual disease.
It is not fear that is filling up the available ICU beds, it is an avoidable surge in an actual disease.
- https://eu.oklahoman.com/story/news/2021/07/30/oklahoma-chil... - https://www.cdc.gov/surveillance/nrevss/rsv/region.html#sout...
As cameldrv points out, an increase in RSV of this magnitude is normally well-handled, only the timing is different. As both the original article and the one you link to make clear, the problem at this time is staffing, and the staffing problem is being driven by Covid.