“We’re seeing unprecedented demand in terms of children’s hospital beds in particular,” Dr. Greg Thompson, a health officer for the county, said. “So we’re seeing a lot of viruses now RSV, influenza, still seeing COVID activity and it’s really all just hitting us all at once.”
Thompson said hospitals are on the brink. He said that it’s not just in Whatcom County, but across the state of Washington, 99% of pediatric medical beds and pediatric ICU beds are full.
There’s also a shortage of some antibiotics, as well as the common cold and flu medication for children in the county. “Not all fevers need to be treated, I think a fever is kind of like a check engine light on your car, it means something’s up and you need to do a little more exploration and figure out what that problem is,” he said. “But you know your purpose is not to turn off the check engine light, the goal isn’t to just turn off the fever.”
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