San Diego Health

Local health officials have issued a warning that three viruses will likely impact San Diego County this winter. They’re calling the impending influx of influenza, COVID, and respiratory syncytial virus(RSV) a “tripledemic” and are asking residents to protect themselves and their families with vaccines and other preventive measures. In this episode of San Diego Health, host Susan Taylor and guest Siu Ming Geary, MD, an internal medicine specialist at Scripps Clinic, discuss the viruses that comprise the tripledemic and the potential impacts of a simultaneous spike on this threatening trio. Dr. Geary also outlines the effectiveness of vaccines against the flu and COVID, and why an ounce of prevention is truly worth a pound of cure.