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Should you go sick to a party? How to navigate travel, family gatherings during tripledemic
December 22, 2022 2:09PM ET
People are gathering during a tripledemic. - Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald/TNS
MIAMI -- It seems like whenever there’s a party, someone goes home sick. Dr. Ladan Pourmasiha, a family medicine physician for Baptist Health, regularly sees patients coming in with coughs, runny noses and sore throats after large gatherings. She’s the medical director for Baptist Health South Florida’s Urgent Care Centers in Broward County. Pourmasiha said she saw an increase of people sick with COVID and the flu after Thanksgiving. She expects more will trickle in to the doctor’s office with colds after Christmas, too. The festivities are happening in the midst of what some are calling a tri...