Flu season off to a fast start, driven by unexpected virus, CDC says

[jpak]

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/cold-and-flu/flu-season-fast-start-driven-unexpected-virus-cdc-says-n1097651

The U.S. winter flu season is off to its earliest start in more than 15 years.

An early barrage of illness in the South has begun to spread more broadly, and there’s a decent chance flu season could peak much earlier than normal, health officials say.
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@CDCFlu
The latest CDC #FluView reports that the U.S. flu season has started, with about half the country having high or moderate flu activity. Flu season lasts 14 weeks on average, so it’s not too late to get vaccinated: https://go.usa.gov/xpyra

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The agency on Friday estimated that there have already been 1.7 million flu illnesses, 16,000 hospitalizations, and 900 flu-related deaths nationally.

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[uppityperson]

1. I checked the CDC flu map yesterday and am shocked as it's typically not

like this for another couple months. Sanitize you hands, don't touch your eyes or nose.


https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usmap.htm

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm

[abqtommy]

2. I got my quad flu vaccine and I recommend that everyone should!

[VOX]

3. Amen. Got mine yesterday.

Whenever I get a rip-roaring case of the flu, it ALWAYS hits me sometime in January through March, which is why I get the shot in the first week of December, to maximize its coverage in my most susceptible months.

It’s no ironclad guarantee, but I would *never* skip the flu shot.

[MurrayDelph]

4. If I make a small adjustment

Everyone who can take the vaccine safely should do so.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

7. I didn't get a quad flu vaccine. I got mine in the deltoid, as usual.

Dunno what "quad" means in a vaccine sense. I got the hi-test "geezer" shot, whatever that means.

Stay well.

[CabalPowered]

8. This year there's a tri and a quad

It refers to the number of strains that are targeted.

[abqtommy]

9. Thanks for clearing that up.

[roamer65]

5. There is a nasty norovirus going around as well.

It took 2 swats at me.

[JCMach1]

6. RSV hitting kids hard in DFW

Had nasty bronchitis myself for 3 weeks