Summer is in our rearview mirror, fall is here, and winter is fast approaching. Shorter days, colder temperatures, leaves changing, football back on TV - there is a lot to love about fall. Unfortunately, sweater weather means more than pumpkin spice lattes and the NFL on Sundays; it also means the beginning of respiratory illness season.
Unfortunately, it appears this year’s respiratory illness season is off to an early start:
Common respiratory illnesses tend to go hand in hand with the end of summer and start of fall, when students are back in the classroom and germs spread from kids to families and colleagues.
Before you know it, everyone in your circle is reaching for a tissue.
The traditional start of the season for the common cold, influenza, and RSV is on the horizon, but cases of COVID-19 are ticking upward.
This uptick in COVID cases is the first rise since spring:
For the first time since March, cases of coronavirus have seen increases in every state, with the sharpest rises in the South and West, according to new data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC's National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System, or NREVSS, is a lab-based system that monitors respiratory and enteric virus activity across the U.S.
Hospitalizations and deaths from COVID remain low, but health experts predict cases will continue to climb as immunity declines from earlier vaccinations and infections.
It’s Not Just COVID
The start of respiratory illness season isn’t just about the return of COVID; it’s also about the return of the common cold, RSV, and – of course – the flu.
These viruses spread through three primary routes:
- Droplet — Coughing and sneezing launch virus-laden particles that land on mucosal surfaces. A single sneeze produces ~40,000 droplets traveling at ~100 mph.
- Fomite — Rhinovirus survives hours on doorknobs, phones, keyboards. You touch, you transfer to eyes/nose/mouth, you’re infected. This is arguably the dominant route for rhinovirus specifically.
- Direct contact — Handshakes, hugs, close-quarters conversations. Skin-to-skin then skin-to-face.
Incubation is typically 24–72 hours. Peak contagiousness occurs during the first 2–3 days of symptoms. Even though there may be more congestion on days 5-7, there is less spread. The average adult logs 2–4 colds annually; children in daycare can hit 6–8.
Not only are the paths of transmission similar, but many of the symptoms are also so similar that they can be difficult at times to tell one from the other.
Some symptoms are hard to distinguish among illnesses, especially with respiratory viruses. Others are unmistakable.
- The common cold can be caused by several different types of viruses and can cause a runny nose, congestion, cough, sneezing, sore throat, headaches, body aches or low fever for less than a week.
- The flu, caused by influenza viruses that are always changing, leads to fever, chills, cough, sore throat, runny nose, body aches, headaches and feeling tired. Flu symptoms tend to hit more quickly than cold symptoms, and can last anywhere from a few days to two weeks.
- COVID-19 can cause fever, chills, cough, short of breath, sore throat, congestion, loss of smell or taste, fatigue, aches, headache, nausea, or vomiting for several days.
- RSV can cause a runny nose, congestion, coughing, sneezing, wheezing, fever and a loss of appetite for a week or two.
Last Year Trump Stockpiled Medications
As a result of last year’s horrific respiratory illness season, marked by one of the worst flu seasons in decades, President Trump directed the federal government to accumulate essential pharmaceuticals, such as antivirals and the components of more than 80 vital medications.
"To prevent shortages in the future, we are accumulating a six-month supply of essential medications." — White House Fact Sheet, September 2025
If the Trump administration thinks stocking up on meds is a good idea, doesn’t it make sense for you to do the same?
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