Never Mind the Twindemic—It’s the ‘Tripledemic’ We Need to Guard Against

Mainstream and healthcare media (including JUCM and JUCM News) have been warning for weeks that the United States could be teed up for a twindemic—simultaneous epidemic-level cases of both COVID-19 and influenza—this year. As it turns out, that could be a less-than-worst-case scenario this winter. A report published by The New York Times says it would be prudent to throw respiratory syncytial virus into the mix of things to worry about in the coming months; the triple-viral threat has been dubbed a tripledemic. The key red flag seems to be an earlier-than-usual jump in RSV cases compared with other years. And, while it’s too early to assess how severe flu season will be here, Australia—whose flu season is often a harbinger of our own—is just recovering from a rough one.