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Summer is in our rearview mirror, and fall is here. Shorter days, cooler 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…