{"id":16006,"date":"2012-11-23T00:10:07","date_gmt":"2012-11-23T06:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=16006"},"modified":"2012-11-22T20:39:16","modified_gmt":"2012-11-23T02:39:16","slug":"medical-alert-rsv-virus-in-lee-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/11\/medical-alert-rsv-virus-in-lee-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Alert: <br>RSV Virus in Lee County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?attachment_id=16007\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16007\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16007\" title=\"rsv baby\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/rsv-baby.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"173\" \/><\/a>The virus has flu-like symptoms but it&#8217;s completely different. And officials say the way to prevent it is good hygiene. Hand-washing is the best line of defense.<\/p>\n<p>Parents and the elderly are being put on high alert. The contagious respiratory syncytial virus, better known as RSV, is making the rounds in alarming numbers in Lee County.<\/p>\n<p>According to Diane Holm, a spokeswoman with the Lee County Health Department, We have discovered that there were very high numbers of RSV, unusually high.<\/p>\n<p>Holm says 52 people contracted the disease last week. The highest number of cases was four weeks ago, when there were 65.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We got calls, the public called us, and wanted to know what was going on with the flu that they were getting sick,&#8221; added Holm.<\/p>\n<p>Holm says there&#8217;s no vaccine for RSV. It&#8217;s especially dangerous to children younger than two years old and anyone with respiratory problems.<\/p>\n<p>According to Lee County Health Department the virus can be severe if it escalates to pneumonia. And they&#8217;re keeping an eye out as cases of RSV spread.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The virus has flu-like symptoms but it&#8217;s completely different. And officials say the way to prevent it is good hygiene. Hand-washing is the best line of defense. Parents and the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":16007,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16006"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}