Special Edition: Quademic? This Year’s Sick Season Explained
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
3.9 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 March 2025
⏱️ 19 minutes
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This has been the worst flu season in years – on top of threats like RSV, norovirus, and more.
Today, an epidemiologist and data scientist discusses why flu has been surging, how long this sick season will last, and steps to take to stay healthy.
Plus, she explains everything you need to know about the bird flu right now.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Saturday, March 1st. This has been the worst flu season in years, on top of other threats like RSV and norovirus. |
| 0:07.6 | So today, we're talking about why flu has been surging, how long this sixth season will last, and steps we can all take to keep ourselves and our families safe. |
| 0:16.4 | Plus, later in the show, learn the latest about the so-called bird flu and why it matters. |
| 0:21.8 | Dr. Caitlin Jedalina is an epidemiologist, data scientist, and scientific consultant. She has a passion for making |
| 0:26.7 | science accessible with her newsletter called Your Local Epidemiologist. And she's here to help us all |
| 0:31.9 | understand what's happening right now when it comes to our health. Welcome, welcome to the Newsworthy special edition Saturday when we sit down with a different |
| 0:41.0 | expert or celebrity every Saturday to talk about something in the news. |
| 0:44.4 | Don't forget to tune in every Monday through Friday for our regular episodes where we provide |
| 0:48.4 | all the day's news in 10 minutes. |
| 0:50.4 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:51.3 | It's now time for today's special edition Saturday. |
| 0:56.7 | Dr. Caitlin Jedalina, thank you for joining us here on the newsworthy once again. |
| 1:00.2 | Thanks for having me. |
| 1:01.3 | So my first question is, when will six season be over? Please help us all. |
| 1:06.2 | Or at least this is the feeling amongst many moms that I know. |
| 1:10.1 | Including myself, yes. |
| 1:11.8 | Unfortunately, it's going to be a while. |
| 1:15.7 | We usually see a long tail into March, April, even sometimes May of a lot of sickness out there. |
| 1:24.0 | So I'm kind of the bearer of bad news right now that we're in the thick of it, |
| 1:30.0 | right? And it takes time. Some people are even calling it a quodemic for sicknesses going around |
| 1:36.1 | at once. Can you explain? And is that still the case? Every winter, we have a ton of viruses |
| 1:41.7 | that circulate. And some winters, one dominates more than the other. |
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