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The plan to dodge another tripledemic

Vaccines to stave off the flu, a new COVID variant and now, respiratory syncytial virus could help avert another tripledemic this fall. Unless the public is too crisis-fatigued to care.

Why it matters: Last year's convergence of seasonal influenza, RSV and COVID shook health systems still dealing with the effects of the pandemic, posing a major threat to immunocompromised people, flooding hospitals and forcing the cancellation of some elective procedures.


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