Tips for a Dangerous Flu Season

The nationwide flu epidemic has led the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to postpone its planned briefing on preparation for nuclear war and replace the topic with how healthcare officials can respond to severe influenza.

Meanwhile, Texas continues to dominate the Walgreen’s Flu Index Report through the week ending January 6, 2018, with nine of its metropolitan areas ranking in the top 10 cities getting hammered by flu activity.

By type, influenza with B virus took up more than half of all influenza cases.

The CDC recently issued a health advisory warning about increasing cases of influenza in the United States, with numbers escalating above baseline in recent months. More than 1,200 people have been hospitalized in just a week-long period.

Masks aren’t particularly effective in keeping you from catching the flu, although they may help keep sick people who wear them from spreading their germs.

-Flu season is underway in SLO County.

A total of 20 influenza-associated deaths have been recorded for the 2017/2018 flu season so far.

The Minnesota Department of Health is reporting a sharp increase in hospitalizations due to flu and, tragically, that one child has died after contracting it. “And, the projection of how effective it is going to be against the H3N2 this year is about 30%, [but] we don’t know for sure until the end of the season, but that is way it’s starting to look”, Fauci told FOX Business.

In California, which is among the hardest-hit states, the virus struck surprisingly early this season. Avoid spending time with other people, especially those who are at risk for serious complications of the flu.

It comes as official figures reveal the number of people hospitalised due to flu has doubled since the end of previous year.

The physician said children are more susceptible to get the flu virus.

“Influenza is responsible for a number of deaths each year and affects the same vulnerable groups as cold weather”.

When it comes to predominant strains, both the A (H3N2) and influenza B – a less severe strain which tends to target children – are circulating across B.C. this season. The vaccinations become effective one to two weeks after receiving the shot.

Dr. Tawney said people sometimes under-estimate how serious the flu can be.

Eat all the fruit and veg you can get your lovely little hands on, these are packed full of vitamins which will make your body happy and healthy. The influenza pandemic of 1918-19, for example, caused an estimated 50 million deaths worldwide and is believed to have infected one-third of the world’s population at the time. But that doesn’t mean that’s the only thing we’ll see.

Most people with the flu recover without any problem, but it can also be deadly.