The CDC is warning that viruses will spread over the next couple of months. Agency leaders are reminding people that this year, for the first time, there is one shot to protect people from COVID, the flu, and RSV .
Grandparent Helen McGee knows there are plenty of viruses floating around and she’s planning to limit how many people she’s around heading into the holidays.
“We mostly stay at home. We just run a few errands now and then, but we’re not in among crowds,” said McGee. “I think we’ll be ok if everybody else will just stay healthy that spends time with us.”
Parent Natalie Bauman is taking precautions.
“We’ve done what we can to try to protect our kids with vaccines and things like that,” said Bauman.
A recent report shows there was a 20 percent rise in measles cases worldwide last year.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services had a confirmed measles case in September, and it was the first one since 2018.
The State says there have been more than 525 cases of whooping cough in North Carolina since November 2nd.