Flu Cases Shatter Records Across the United States as Spread Accelerates Hi, there. Kaity. You know, the super flu. If you’ve had it, you know why it’s called the super It spread so quickly and it hits people so here at this city, MD on the Upper West side and at emergency rooms across the city.
So many people are walking in with the flu symptoms and asking for help. And this isn’t even the peak season for the flu yet. That’s usually January February.
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And part of March. But New York State health officials say we are breaking all the records for flu cases so far this season last week, there were 71,123 flu cases reported in New York State for the week ending December 20th. That’s a 38% increase from the week before and a 63% increase in hospitalizations.
Also, perhaps somewhat related. Not there’s been a drop in the number of people getting their flu shot. 47.6 million flu vaccinations so far this year and that is down by about 3 million so far. And even though there’s a mutant to the flu strain that the vaccine vaccine was created for.
Doctors say you should still get your flu shot. that why this flu season seems to be worse than any other?
It may be that this new sub plate case train spreads more easily as more communicable and Weiner, it spreads. Of course, the more cases we have every year he comes up that people think they’ve been too late to get the flu vaccine.
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It’s never too late to be vaccinated and everyone should be vaccinated unless there’s some medical reason that they cannot.
And also these numbers of how many people are getting. The flu are on the low side. According to state health officials because so many people get the flu and they don’t go to their doctor’s office. They don’t go to the hospital. They don’t go to an urgent care facility.
They just stay home and rest. So the numbers are probably much higher. Then we’re actually reporting
