An alarming number of Colorado children with the respiratory virus called RSV are filling emergency rooms and intensive care beds as the state experiences an āearly and intenseā start to the flu season, state health officials and Childrenās Hospital Colorado warned Wednesday.
āItās truly like nothing weāve ever seen before at Childrenās Hospital Colorado,ā said Dr. Kevin Carney, a pediatric emergency physician and Childrenās associate chief medical officer.
The hospitalās in-patient and ICU beds across the state are operating at or above maximum capacity, and emergency room and urgent care visits for respiratory illness are 30% higher than the busiest days of a normal flu season, which typically runs January through March.