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The bronchiolitis epidemic is back on Friday, October 14. Four regions are particularly affected by this viral respiratory infection, which affects the youngest every year. The point with the doctor and journalist Damien Mascret, present on the set of 12/13.
Is the bronchiolitis epidemic early in 2022? “It is true that it begins in a somewhat brutal way”, recognizes the doctor and journalist Damien Mascret, present, Friday, October 14, on the set of 12/13. Usually, the epidemic begins slowly in October, and becomes “more intense” in December, January and February. It is starting very early this year, particularly in four regions: Hauts-de-France, Île-de-France, New Aquitaine and Occitanie.
Are the other winter ailments well and truly back? “Completely. We know that there is a seasonality in viruses, rhinoviruses. The classic cold, there will be plenty of them this winter, we expect it”, notes the doctor. The flu will also make a comeback, probably “between November and February”, as well as gastroenteritis. The seasonality factors are the weather, the humidity, but also the behaviors, such as groupings, which promote infections.