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Flu Widespread in U.S. 2017-2018 |
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jacksdad 
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 Posted: January 08 2018 at 1:39pm |
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Just got a text from my HMO to say that their urgent care clinics and ERs are experiencing long delays due to the number of flu cases.
Now here's the thing. This is just a bad flu season - imagine how a truly nasty pandemic strain would bring healthcare systems to a standstill globally. |
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Posted: January 08 2018 at 12:04pm |
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My daughter is an x-ray tech at one of the hospitals in Jacksonville, FL. She said the ED is full today with ILI cases. Surprised there isn't more media coverage of this. This year's flu vaccine is such a big miss - and so many are ill. I suspect there may be more coverage once it's officially declared a Pandemic?
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EdwinSm,
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Posted: January 07 2018 at 10:08pm |
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But the (P&I) mortality rates are just tracing the seasonal base line....http://https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/
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Posted: January 07 2018 at 6:44pm |
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It is getting a lot worse. I don't remember it this bad before. It is all over the U.S. - and widespread except in 3 states. Many people I know have had this since early December and still have it. The arctic temperatures are making things a lot worse.
The geographic spread of influenza in 46 states was reported as widespread; four states reported regional activity; the District of Columbia reported local activity; and Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands did not report. Medclinician  |
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It has happened. There is no coverage at all in the mainstream media and the new and deadly Flu has reached most of the U.S. and is widespread in most of America.
We have a serious problem here. It is possible the vaccine has very little effect on most people with the flu and this is only what CDC is reporting. It could be much worse. The first numbers are for week 51 and the second cumulative. People are sick here in California it is widespread. As the temperatures continue to drop to record lows across much of the United States things may get a lot worse. Our media and politicians simply are not paying attention to the health of our country. If any are reading my posts, understand that Kim Jong-un may be involved in this. The first area to have widespread flu this season was Guam. The District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam did not report. Why not? They did at the beginning of the season. So what is happening there now? And not in D.C. either. Medclinician  |
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