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Covid-19, seasonal flu and rsv the cdc sees flu a bigger threat than covid. 13 million people have fallen ill compared to 9 million last year. states with a high rate of infection are the purple and deep red. ranking a high rate include florida, georgia, illinois, pennsylvania, minnesota. no state is immune now. the cdc reports hospitalizations are up 13%, the director says rsv cases appear to be slowing. covid cases are rising. and flu cases are breaking records. the most flu cases we've seen in the past decade as that doctor alluded to, dana, a lot of this is because people weren't out and a...

Somewhere but nobody else around you is, does that still help? >> it helps quite a bit, actually. it's called one-sided masking, meaning, you are wearing one, but nobody else is. there was a study a year ago looking at airplanes. if you wore a mask, an n-95 or a kn-95, person next to you is sick, you cut your chanszs of getting covid by 54%. other studies have looked at it, as well, and said, yes, it looks like it can help protect you. in the best case situation, everyone is masking to protect each other, but you wearing a mask yours, regs assured that is giving you a lot of protection and the...

Paramedics did everything to help him. now concerns over the triple-demic. covid and flu cases surging since thanksgiving. flu cases are up 14% since october. and more than 450,000 new covid cases in just the past week. a bunch of cities around the country they are noticing this, l.a., new york, seattle, all now strongly recommending that people wear masks inside in public. no mandate. stopping short of requiring it. but asking for it. and as you can see in the graphic on the screen there, rsv cases have started to go down lately, but the so-called triple-demic threat is still causing hospit...

Dr. Anthony Fauci was also asked whether more schools may need to close as more than 100,000 parents stayed home with their children in October.

I have one in particular that will not take the booster. but, that's his choice. and that's just how i have to leave it. >> reporter: doctors are concerned holiday gatherings may accelerate a so-called "triple-demic," a convergence of flu, r.s.v., and covid cases. while covid cases declined slightly from the previous week, hospitalizations for the flu are at the highest level for this time of year in more than a decade. at least 36 states are seeing elevated levels of r.s.v. cases, compared to this time last year. dr. eileen marty of florida international university warns against taking the th...