There's a new illness going around

And they don't really know what it is. Doesn't test positive for flu or covid, symptoms similar to both and can turn into pneumonia. Seems to have a low mortality rate at the moment, which is not uncommon with pneumonia. It's shutting down schools and school districts in ten states from losing teachers, students, and bus drivers. Currently it's in Texas and east/north of there, but that means it has probably established itself well in the west, but the numbers haven't blown up yet.

I have no idea if it's spreading in Europe yet. If it's not yet identified, it's not easy to track. But with international air travel, with numbers like these, it's probably already around the world and possibly the next pandemic.

Time to start masking up again, which I'm starting today. Of course the big problem is that the Center for Disease Control is no longer trustworthy, and we're withdrawing from the World Health Organization - at least that process takes a year.

This write-up has a good summary of some of the symptoms and what it's doing in schools. She's a good follower of outbreaks and has a medical background.

https://siderea.dreamwidth.org/1867959.html