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Post by sevenofnine on Dec 26, 2022 13:03:41 GMT -5
I callling it first going be strep threat that bad outbreak if happen At least 94 people in the United Kingdom, including 24 children, have died from complications caused by a strep A infection. “To my knowledge, we’ve never seen a peak like this at this time of year, at least not for decades,” microbiologist Shiranee Sriskandan at Imperial College London told Nature. Shortage of children’s pain medication leads pharmacies t France, Ireland, the Netherlands and Sweden have also observed strep A increases over the past few months, the World Health Organization said. When asked if the U.S. was destined to follow the trend we’re seeing in Europe, Dr. Andrew Pekosz, a virologist at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, said it was too soon to say if we’d see a “large strep A outbreak.” He warned that it could be a problem if we do see a rise in the bacterial infection at the same time we’re contending with a viral “tripledemic.” thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/3785195-after-covid-flu-and-rsv-is-a-strep-outbreak-next/
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