Holiday flu season outlook

Flu season activity has slowed but remains very high

This time last year, I was bracing for the impending omicron wave. Although vaccines had been widely available for most of a year, the wave turned out to be the worst yet, with a peak of 160,000 hospitalizations. While the pandemic has improved in the current year, there are a lot of viruses circulating this holiday season, making it the third consecuti…