Not so fast
Have we hit peak virus season yet?
At first glance, it might seem like Wisconsin has passed the high water mark for COVID, flu and RSV:
- COVID hospital admissions have dropped significantly
- So have COVID markers in wastewater
- Respiratory viruses in lab samples all seem to have plateaued or dropped a bit
At this point, you’re probably thinking “He’s got a ‘but,’ doesn’t he? What’s the ‘but’?” And you’re right, I do! All this sounds like good news — and it is. But: even though COVID hospital admissions have dropped, they’re still quite high. Hospitals and particularly intensive care units are quite full. And again, COVID admissions have fallen. But hospitalizations from flu are still climbing, as are mortality rates for all respiratory viruses.
