Andrew Pavia

Flu kills several hundred children in an average year, this is dramatically more than the impact of EV-D68, but we are familiar with flu, while EV-D68 is something that seems new and noteworthy.

Enteroviruses are somewhat more resistant to alcohol-based (sanitizers) than another viruses, doing something to wash your hands is better than doing nothing.

In Andrew Pavia health care, we know that the number of hospitalizations will peak perhaps a week after new cases, and deaths will lag even farther behind, i fear any light at the end of the tunnel is not nearly close enough for our exhausted and disheartened health care workers.

Consistency over a long enough period to determine a true trend is key, the bottom line is that we need several more days of data before we can exhale in those jurisdictions.

Let's hope it is really the peak, and not a false summit, as we say in the mountains.