Mon. 11/21 - A Ray of Hope For the "Tripledemic?"

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Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

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4.6 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2022

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Could the “tripledemic” be tamped down slightly by the viruses interfering with and preventing each other from spiking in the same place at the same time? Plus, public libraries in the US and Canada have been launching their own streaming platforms featuring local musicians. Sponsors: Shopify, Sign up for a free trial at shopify.com/cool Uncommon Goods, Get 15% off your next gift at uncommongoods.com/cool Links: Competition between respiratory viruses may hold off a ‘tripledemic’ this winter (Science) RSV, covid and flu push hospitals to the brink — and it may get worse (Washington Post) Children's hospitals call on Biden to declare emergency in response to 'unprecedented' RSV surge (CNBC) Libraries Are Launching Their Own Local Music Streaming Platforms (VICE) Libraries — MUSICat Kanopy Libby App: Free ebooks & audiobooks from your library | by OverDrive Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Are you a smart booker or a silly booker?
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0:13.8	Silly bookers?
0:14.8	Well, enjoy those cues at the bar.
0:17.1	Stop booking around and visit on the beach.com.
0:22.2	Conditions apply.
0:26.4	Seven night minimum stay outbound only from selected airports for up to six people at all protected.
0:29.7	On the beach.
0:44.9	It's Monday, November 21st, 2020. I'm Jackson Bird today. Could the triple-demic be tamped down slightly by the viruses interfering with and preventing each other from spiking in the same place
0:51.1	at the same time? Plus, public libraries in the U.S. and Canada have been launching their own streaming platforms
0:58.9	featuring local musicians.
1:01.4	Here's some cool stuff for your ride home.
1:06.8	In 2020, flu season passed largely without incident because so many people were still masking and social distancing.
1:15.2	Many offices and places of recreation remained closed.
1:19.0	Respiratory viruses, it was thought, didn't have much chance to circulate.
1:23.6	Last year, in 2021, as we braced ourselves for a gnarly strain of flu awakened after a year of rest,
1:30.7	it didn't materialize nearly as badly as expected. Perhaps because the winter of 2021 saw another
1:37.2	surge of COVID, and in lockstep, another wave of lockdowns in some nations, and in others,
1:43.4	people returning to their masks and staying
1:45.8	home more. This fall, the headlines have been blasting out warnings of a triple-demic. Not only
1:52.6	will COVID and the flu likely surge, but cases of respiratory syncyticial virus or RSV have been on the
1:59.9	rise. Quoting CNBC, about 171 out of every 100,000 infants
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