Flu cases are surging and rates will likely get worse, new CDC data shows, NPR, 12/31/25
. . .
Last week, more than 19,000 patients with influenza were admitted to hospitals, up about 10,000 from the previous week, according to new CDC data. To date, the CDC estimates
at least 7.5 million people have been sickened, and over 3,100 people have died from the flu.
The surge seems to be driven primarily by a new strain of the virus —
subclade K of influenza A(H3N2) — that emerged in Australia over the summer.
. . . ((speaking of this season's flu vaccine whose formulation was chosen last February before the problematic dominant strain causing the mayhem emerged --progree)) Preliminary data from the United Kingdom, which saw an early surge of flu this year,
suggests the vaccine is about 30 to 40 percent effective at preventing hospitalization in adults. "Those numbers are in line with what you would typically see," says Krammer, though he stresses those are preliminary estimates. ((also reduces the spread -progree))
. . . in the U.S., only 42 percent of adults have gotten a flu shot this year.
. . . "If you're using public transportation, if you're in the room with a lot of other people, if you're in a healthcare setting, it's really smart to
wear a mask,"
More:
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/12/30/npr-flu-cdc-health
In the article, there are remarks from Demetre Daskalakis, who led the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at CDC until he resigned in August, about the relative lack of communications from the CDC urging people to get the vax. And the CDC's laughable response.
====================================================
Google:
does the flu vaccine cut down the rate of transmission?
https://www.google.com/search?q=does+the+flu+vaccine+cut+down+the+rate+of+transmission%3F&oq=does+the+flu+vaccine+cut+down+the+rate+of+transmission%3F&gs_lcrp=EgRlZGdlKgYIABBFGDkyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQ6wcYQNIBCTE0MTA2ajFqMagCALACAA
= new reply since forum marked as read