morning. Hey everybody, welcome to this week's episode of a Red Pill Your Healthcast. My name is Dr.

Charlie Faganholz, and I'm here with my favorite nurse in the whole wide world, Lauren Johnson.

And you all know the drill by now, but each week we try to choose a topic that's relevant,

something that has talked a lot about on social media and all around.

And we want to give you our take on what those things are.

And so we are thinking about what we want to do this week.

And it seems like a lot of people are really obsessed with RSV these days.

A lot of people are obsessed with flus.

A lot of kids.

Well, it's going around. I mean, it's really a lot of people are obsessed with flus. A lot of kids. Well, it's going around. I mean,

they're, I mean, it's really, a lot of people are sick with them right now. Yeah. So let's, let's,

let's do that for this week. And instead of getting into absolutely everything, let's just go with

the basics of viruses, what we can do. And, um, we'll bring some clarity on that. So Lauren, I'll let you kick

it off. Where do you want to take this? What do you want to talk about? Let's just have a good

conversation. Yeah. I mean, so flu and RSV fill our hospitals, adult and children's hospitals

every single year. This is not a new thing. I have

personally seen it in my 12, 13 year career as a nurse and then eight years as a nurse

practitioner. It is that worked in acute care for, for, or I'm sorry, urgent care for several

years. So I've seen my fair share of this. This is not

uncommon. Some flus don't notice, don't have a huge response and some are in the hospital.

Some RSDs are, they just have a running nose. And then others are in the hospital. And so the

fact that it's happening right now at this month,

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