SAN JOSE, Calif. — October is usually a quiet month for Dr. Julie Kim and her colleagues at their pediatrics practice in Los Gatos, after the summer rush for physicals.
But this October? “It’s just crazy,” she said. “We’re double capacity.”
The main culprit is a common respiratory bug known as RSV, that can be especially difficult on infants and young children, and is responsible for a rise in pediatric hospital visits across the country. Kim said she has been seeing up to 50 kids in a day for a range of respiratory illnesses, but especially RSV.
