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Mo News: RSV Spike Among Kids Pushing Hospitals To Capacity

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Mosheh Oinounou
October 24, 2022

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Hi everyone!

  • A new virus is spreading quickly from coast to coast - threatening a "tri-demic" on top of Covid-19 and the flu. What parents need to know to keep their kids safe;

  • China's communist leader has secured a second decade in power;

  • Illegal border crossings soar to the highest level ever recorded in a fiscal year;

  • Netflix and no chill... how the streaming giant is making it even harder to share your accounts;

  • It only took a matter of days for Kanye West's bigoted remarks to inspire antisemites to spew hate speech across the Los Angeles freeway;

  • Climate protesters splatter a 132-year-old Monet painting with mashed potatoes;

  • And as always, Good Mood Monday to start the week right.

~ Mosh

🤒 RSV Crisis In America

"I hope we’re peaking right now, because if we’re not, then holy hell."

"Never seen this level of surge."

"It's going to be a rough winter."

Doctors from across the country are warning of a common respiratory virus that's spreading at alarming levels and pushing children’s hospitals to the brink. Here’s what parents need to know.

  • Hospitals in 33 states are overwhelmed and over-capacity as an usually high number of children suffer from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Some hospitals are so strained, they're running out of beds.Connecticut Children’s Hospital is now considering bringing in the National Guard to care for young patients.Dr. John Brancato said every inch of the emergency room is filled and the hospital is considering putting a tent on the front lawn to handle the overflow. ~ CBS News

  • In Texas, where RSV cases usually spike in December or January, nearly half the ICU at Cook Children’s Hospital is filled with RSV cases.

  • Parents and doctors wrote into Mo News this weekend warning about the severity of the surge in RSV cases.One mom, whose 5-year-old daughter spent 9 days in the pediatric intensive care unit with RSV, described it as "horrific."A pediatric emergency doctor said hospitals are "bursting at the seams."Parents from Delaware, Houston, and Philadelphia all wrote in about being stuck in the ER because there were no beds available.

  • So what is RSV? It's a common respiratory virus that causes cold-like symptoms. It’s in the bronchiolitis and pneumonia family. Adults can typically brush off RSV in a week or two. But it’s a different story for children or the elderly with compromised immune systems.

  • Symptoms: Similar to a common cold and usually appear within 4 to 6 days of infection. ~ CDCRunny nose, coughing, sneezing, fever, wheezing, decrease in appetite, irritable, lethargic, and trouble breathing.📌 BOOKMARK THIS: A pediatrician shared this video on Instagram for parents who are wondering: “Should I take my child to the ER or can it wait until morning?” or “How do I know if their breathing is normal or not?”

  • Per the CDC, almost all children will have had an RSV infection by their second birthday.

  • Treatment: There is not a specific treatment or antiviral medication for RSV like there is for the flu. Most RSV infections will go away on their own in a week or two, but here are some things you can do if your child is sick.Treat fever and body aches with non-aspirin pain relievers (acetaminophen or ibuprofen). According to the CDC, never give aspirin to children.Fluids, fluids, fluids! Drink up. It is important to drink enough fluids to prevent dehydration."RSV can make kids very dehydrated, especially when they’re not eating or drinking, especially when we’re talking infants." Dr. Juanita Mora said. "Once they stop eating or their urine output has decreased, they’re not having as many wet diapers, this is a sign they may have to go to the pediatrician or emergency department."Get rest to let their little bodies recover. Here’s when you should go to the ER.

  • Did the pandemic play a part in this? Experts say that after more than two years of social distancing, mask-wearing and isolation has meant that kids have not been exposed to as many germs. The theory is the lack of immunity is a key culprit in why RSV is hitting earlier and harder this year.Dr. Ron Keren, chief medical officer at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, says that there are large gatherings, and much less social distancing and masking, kids' reduced immunity puts them at greater risk.

  • Triple threat: Winter is coming... and we should brace for a historic respiratory illness season. The rise in RSV cases comes amid an already-high flu count this year – and with Covid-19 still in the mix, doctors are warning of a "tridemic" or "tripledemic."

  • Doctors recommend sanitizing high-touch household items like toys, doorknobs, kitchen counters, and bathroom sinks. Don't forget to hit these extra-germy spots. And, as always, wash your hands!

🗞 THE SPEED READ

Xi Jinping has extended his rule over the Communist Party and will lead China into a second decade. A third term for Xi upends succession norms designed to prevent the return of one-man rule. Xi dominates Chinese politics in ways that no leader has since Mao Zedong. A third term gives him more leeway to achieve his biggest goals: a “national rejuvenation” that transforms China into a global power and arming the country for a potential confrontation with the West. And then there was this moment....

Former Chinese leader, Hu Jintao, 79, appeared reluctant to be escorted from the front row of proceedings at Beijing's Great Hall of the People - where he was sitting next to President Xi Jinping. Footage showed a steward trying to take Hu - who led the country from 2003 to 2013 - by the arm before being shaken off.

A surge in migration from Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua in September brought the number of illegal crossings to the highest level ever recorded in a fiscal year, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Migrants were stopped 227,547 times in September at the U.S. border with Mexico, the third-highest month of Joe Biden’s presidency. It was up 11.5% from 204,087 times in August and 18.5% from 192,001 times in September 2021. The annual total surpassed 2 million for the first time in August.

  • Due to strained diplomatic relations, the U.S. cannot expel migrants to Venezuela, Cuba or Nicaragua. As a result, they are largely released in the United States to pursue their immigration cases.

Speaking to Sky News' Political Editor Beth Rigby, Boris Bondarev said that Putin "understands that if he loses the war with Ukraine, it will be the end of him." "You should have no doubt about it. He may sacrifice 10 or 20 million Russians just to win this war just to slaughter all Ukrainians because it's a matter of principle. It's a matter of political survival to him." Bondarev quit Russia's permanent mission at the United Nations in Geneva over the war in May. Bondarev said: "When you say that you don't want to provoke a bully, it gives him the wrong signal. It shows him you are afraid of him, and he will escalate further. You must show Putin a clear signal that if he wants escalation, he will get it. You must show that his threats are not working."

President Biden says he intends to seek re-election in 2024 amid growing concerns about his age (he turns 80 next month), but will withhold a formal announcement because campaigning and fundraising rules change if he becomes an actual candidate. "Once I make that judgment, a whole series of regulations kick in and ... I treat myself as a candidate from that moment on," Biden said in an interview with MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart. Biden also said "I have not made that formal decision" about the 2024 campaign, but "it's my intention – my intention to run again. And we have time to make that decision.” Calls for Biden's retirement could intensify if Democrats lose control of the House and Senate after Election Day next month.

If there was any doubt Kanye West is sowing seeds of hate with his bigoted and anti-Semitic remarks... a Los Angeles rally should erase all of it. These banners were draped on an overpass of the infamous 405 freeway, and the organizers implored drivers to "Honk if you know Kanye is right about the Jews." The fiercely hateful words and rally appear to be the work of a group called the Goyim Defense League. Members of the group were also throwing up the Nazi salute at passing drivers.

Netflix is changing its policy on password sharing – and will start charging people to share accounts. Currently, a Netflix account holder can add up to five profiles to their account. Those profiles will become sub-accounts that cost money starting in early 2023. Netflix will now only allow one "home" per account, and additional homes will need to pay extra to use the same account, the company announced this week.

After home-flipping reached record heights as 2022 kicked off, the bubble seems to have burst. Home sales fell off a cliff between August and September 2022, and dipped an astounding 25% from September 2021, according to the National Association of Realtors. It’s now causing many property investors to dump their inventory, and fast. The two biggest reasons why: slumping demand and rising rates.

Photos and satellite imagery from the central United States show how the region’s worst drought in at least a decade has pushed the Mississippi River and its tributaries to drop to record lows this month. The Mississippi River was at historically low levels from Illinois to Louisiana this week, and many of these gauges will continue to see decreasing water levels as the forecast remains stubbornly dry. Drone video of the Mississippi River near Memphis shows how far the mighty river has contracted away from its banks. The river dropped to minus-10.75 feet there earlier this week, the lowest level ever recorded in Memphis.

Mo News: RSV Spike Among Kids Pushing Hospitals To Capacity

Image via CNN | Low water levels are allowed treasure hunters to comb the shoreline of the Mississippi River on October 18, near Portageville, Missouri.

Salman Rushdie lost sight in one eye and the use of one hand after he was repeatedly stabbed during a literary event in upstate New York two months ago, his agent said. The 75-year-old author, whose 1988 novel “The Satanic Verses” forced him into hiding amid calls for his death, was stabbed in the neck and torso as he walked on stage to deliver a speech at the Chautauqua Institution on Aug. 12.

Climate activists in Europe again splattered food at fine art in protest of fossil fuels. Two activists splashed mashed potatoes on glass protecting a painting by 19th century French painter Claude Monet at a museum in Germany. Members of Last Generation, a German climate activist group, took credit for the stunt. The incident comes a little over a week after two activists protesting fossil fuels in Britain went viral for splashing tomato soup on glass covering a Vincent Van Gogh painting at a museum. The Monet work, like the Van Gogh, was protected by glass and suffered no damage, the Museum Barberini said in a statement.

☀️ GOOD MOOD MONDAY

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Mo News: RSV Spike Among Kids Pushing Hospitals To Capacity

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