Flu, RSV outbreak cause drug shortages: US slammed for not stockpiling

Experts today slammed the US Government for failing to stock up on key flu drugs and antibiotics during the pandemic — despite warnings that a whirlwind of seasonal illness would return with a vengeance post-lockdown.

America , including the frontline child antibiotic amoxicillin and Tamiflu, as a wave of flu, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and other cold viruses overwhelm pediatric hospitals.

Covid lockdowns, mask mandates and the virus itself sidelined most seasonal infections for more than two years, robbing people of vital exposure to germs that strengthen the immune system.

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