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With health systems no longer overwhelmed and more than a year of no surprise variants, many infectious disease experts are declaring a shift in the crisis from pandemic to endemic.

According to survey results from the Kaiser Family Foundation, 27% of households reported someone sick with the flu. COVID-19 infections affected 15% of households, and 10% reported an RSV infection.

Respiratory illness levels in the US have declined so much in recent weeks that they are approaching numbers usually seen during non-flu season.

It appears the US avoided the much-feared holiday tripledemic of COVID, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus.

A new poll shows why so few people are willing to roll up their sleeves again.

I mean, obviously you would like people to use good judgment to protect themselves and their family in that community without necessarily having to mandate anything, said Dr Anthony Fauci.

Now, COVID-19 hospitalizations are up 28% and test positivity is up 40% over the past 2 weeks.

The number of medications available to treat COVID-19 continues to get smaller as the coronavirus changes to outsmart treatments.

"We are now at a point where I believe if youre up to date on your vaccines, you have access to treatments ... there really should be no restrictions on peoples activities. "

Staying vigilant while mostly everyone else in the world has seemingly moved on from the pandemic is a strange feeling.