At a board meeting Thursday night, Windsor Regional Hospital President and CEO David Musyj said both of the hospital’s campuses were already “exceeding” capacity — the Met Campus at 112 percent and the Ouellette Campus at 110 – with the worst flu. season still ahead. “What’s the concern,” Musyj said, “is these three viruses are going to start increasing almost now.” Musyj says experts in Canada tend to watch how the flu season hits Australia, with theirs coming in our summer. He says this year they’ve seen the season hit earlier, with higher hospitalization rates, and the data suggests the same scenario will play out here – with flu and RSV particularly troublesome for the rest of the year. “He will be in his prime during the month of December, not waiting for January,” Musyj said. “And then when those start to disappear, COVID-19 starts to pick up.” It’s something of a perfect storm, with the three respiratory diseases being so similar in symptoms that it can be hard to tell which one you have when you experience symptoms. “There’s often really no way to differentiate if you don’t get tested,” said Dr. Wassim Saad, chief of staff at Windsor Regional. “The general recommendation is if you feel sick, stay home.” He says that in many cases, the three diseases will go away on their own in a few days, but some people who are at risk may find themselves in need of medical attention, and that’s when this test will be done. In a press release issued earlier in the day, the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit encouraged residents to get their flu shot — indicating that doses are now available for Ontarians six months and older through pharmacies and health care providers . “As we enter flu season and continue to face illnesses and hospitalizations associated with COVID-19, the importance of taking preventative measures against the spread of these diseases cannot be overstated,” the statement read in part.