The CDC warns that this flu season is more intense than any since the 2009 swine flu pandemic and still getting worse.
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“Most people with influenza are being infected with the H3N2 influenza virus”. The CDC said at this rate of infection, by the end of the flu season, around 34 million people will have come down with the flu.
The rate of hospitalization is also rising at an alarming rate, with 3,000 new cases recorded in the past week. “It looks like a big part of the later January activity is flu transmission from kids returning to school”. There were 171 child deaths from flu in 2012-13.
“This year, the baby boomers have really replaced their grandchildren in terms of the rates of hospitalization”, Dr. Jernigan says. “As far as Greene County residents, and flu deaths, we’ve had two reported to us this flu season”, she says.
While the 2017-2018 flu season is almost half over, it doesn’t show much sign of slowing down, and officials continue to encourage people to get a flu shot.
“It is imperative that we commit all and every available resource to combat and mitigate the widespread effect of the flu on New Yorkers this season”, he wrote. “We have several more weeks of flu to go”. The H3N2 strain tends to be less affected by vaccination and results in more deaths.
“Since that time, that virus has continued to change”. This strain is so bad because of its uncanny ability to outsmart the human immune system faster than most other virus strains.
The adenovirus can be prevented by a vaccine, but only the military is now able to use said vaccine in the United States. “The exact reasons for that are still being figured out”. That season was categorized as a high-severity season. Norman Edelman, senior scientific advisor for the American Lung Association.
Flu is a contagious respiratory illness that causes such symptoms as fever, cough, muscle aches, headaches and fatigue. You’ve got a lot of company. You can, also, get the flu shot at Mercy’s Urgent Care on 3045 S National Ave.
Officials have calculated the effectiveness at between 10 and 30 percent so far. In fact, it’s still the best way to protect against the flu.
Shining Stars Daycare Centers make hand-washing routine any day, flu season or not. The flu shot will remain effective for roughly six months.
Your doctor can prescribe you with antiviral medications that effectively treat the virus, especially if taken within 48 hours of onset.
Don’t spread the misery.
Officials say last week, 1 in 15 doctor visits across the country was for symptoms of flu.
Try to avoid close contact with sick people.
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