Episode 20: The New Year Tripledemic, Hosted by Rainaclare Sibal

The Public Health Report

Episode Description:

In this episode, our host Rainaclare Sibal, recaps the recent concerns over the “Tripledemic” during the 2022 holiday season, including discussion about persisting vaccine hesitancy and strain on pediatric hospital units. As a year-end wrap up, we begin 2023 looking forward to more engagement to encourage proactive practices to prevent worsening infection rates without forgetting the experiences and hardships with COVID, RSV, and the flu over the last half of 2022.

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References:

What the Triple Threat of COVID, RSV and Flu Means for Children:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-the-triple-threat-of-covid-rsv-and-flu-means-for-children/

Increase in Invasive Group A Strep Infections, 2022:

https://www.cdc.gov/groupastrep/igas-infections-investigation.html

Increase in invasive Group A streptococcal infections among children in Europe, including fatalities:

https://www.who.int/europe/news/item/12-12-2022-increase-in-invasive-group-a-streptococcal-infections-among-children-in-europe--including-fatalities

Holidays and COVID-19:

https://covid19.ca.gov/holidays/

Triple-demic overwhelms paediatric units in US hospitals:

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(22)00372-8/fulltext

580. Influenza, SARS-CoV-2, and routine childhood vaccines – trends in vaccine hesitancy in hospitalized children before and during the COVID-19 pandemic:

https://academic.oup.com/ofid/article/9/Supplement_2/ofac492.632/6903052

US faces triple epidemic of flu, RSV, and covid:

https://www.bmj.com/content/379/bmj.o2681

As Hospitals Close Children’s Units, Where Does That Leave Lachlan?:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/11/health/pediatric-closures-hospitals.html%0D