Even though it is the deadly coronavirus that is making headlines, scientists and healthcare officials are saying we are facing a “very weird” flu season.
Officials say that we are seeing a unprecedented spike in flu activity as a second strain of flu hits on the heels of the first.
The 2019-2020 flu season already had an unusual start — in December and early January, the main strain of flu virus circulating was a type called influenza B. Typically, influenza B does not cause as many cases as influenza A strains (H1N1 and H3N2) and tends to show up later in the flu season, not at the beginning. Indeed, the last time influenza B dominated flu activity in the U.S. was during the 1992-1993 flu season, according to the CDC.
But now, influenza A is making a comeback. In recent weeks, there has been a surge in activity of H1N1 in the U.S., according to data from the CDC. And that means even more people are going to the doctor for flu — the percentage of people visiting the doctor for flu-like illness increased from 6.6% of all visits last week to 6.8% of all visits this week, according to the CDC.
This type of “double-barreled” flu season is unusual. Although something similar did happen last year, in which an initial wave of H1N1 activity was followed by a wave of H3N2 activity.
“We may well have, for the second year in a row — unprecedented — a double-barreled influenza season,” Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious disease specialist at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, told WebMD.
So far this season, there have been an estimated 26 million illnesses, 250,000 hospitalizations and 14,000 deaths from flu, according to the CDC.
Although the number of hospitalizations are typical for this time of year, officials are seeing higher-than-typical hospitalization rates among children, Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said in a news conference on Feb. 14.
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As officials talk about the potential threat of coronavirus in the U.S., “I want to remind everyone of the very real threat of seasonal influenza,” Messonnier said.
And with H1N1 activity increasing, it could mean flu season will drag out longer than usual this year.
Could be from all those vaccines that literally destroy people’s immune systems. I find it odd that the more people vaccinate the more outbreaks we have and are harder hit.
My advice, steer clear of the deadly jabs, take responsibility for your own health, by eating organic foods, drinking clean purified water and taking natural supplements. Allopathic medicine today is nothing more than a shill for big Harma. It’s not about you or your health, it’s about the almighty dollar. Wise up.
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There are people calling this flu season a biological warfare pandemic. USA needs to speak the truth about what is really going on!! I wouldn’t put it past Evil Hillary Clinton having something to do with this!!
Parents that send their children to school sick should be fined – or jailed.
First, this is child abuse. They’re endangering the health of their child, plus other nearby children.
Second, children not infected with this flu, could be carriers of it. As a consequence, it spreads to the school’s teachers, staff, etc. Then, THEY bring these flu germs home to their families, or their apartments, condos, and public places they visit.
These selfish parents / guardians should be required, by law, to stay home with their children and nurse them back to satisfactory health.
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