from the Wisconsin High Court. Zac Schultz. Thank you. Turning
to health hospitals around the state are filling up. And the
first flu related pediatric death has occurred. This as
respiratory viruses are peaking, particularly among infants, up
to four years old. >> They tend to have immune
systems that are not experienced with viruses. They tend to be
smaller. So for example, respiratory syncytial virus or
RSV can cause a lot of secretion and produce difficulty breathin.
And almost with any of the viruses, we see a lot more fever
with the first or second time exposure as compared to those of
us older who've seen many of these viruses many, many times.
So the fact that Wisconsin has had one death in a child is
fairly average for influenza, but is very tragic because most
of these children don't have underlying medical problems, and
most of them have not been vaccinated. We're watching very,
very closely for this avian influenza and the potential that
it could jump into humans. As of today, we know of at least three
cases across the country where we don't know where the
individual contracted the virus from. Most of the other cases
have been from dairy cattle or from poultry, but it's really
worrisome. And I mentioned that simply because during the time
that we have the regular influenza circulating, we have
the potential for mixing within individuals and the production
of different viruses that could attain the ability to spread
human to human. And so that's one of the biggest new concerns