JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Public health experts and hospital administrators are watching hospital bed capacity even closer as COVID-19 cases rise and flu season beginning. There are 75 people hospitalized with COVID-19 between all five Baptist Health hospitals, with seven patients in the ICU. The added threat of flu season this year prompted the creation of FluVaxJax, which is pushing to increase the number of adult influenza vaccinations to keep people healthy and ensure local hospitals aren’t overwhelmed. Joshi said he doesn’t want a recently announced COVID vaccine to overshadow concerns about the flu. People forget about the importance of the flu vaccine, in particular the COVID vaccine, which will be coming out in the coming months.