,/center>Posted on 03/07/2025 3:21:40 PM PST by nickcarraway
For the second consecutive week, flu activity in the U.S. has decreased.
Flu activity decreased for the second consecutive week in the U.S., according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's weekly influenza reports.
Though flu activity has gone down, the CDC expects several more weeks of influenza. Data suggests the season has peaked, but flu-related medical visits, hospitalizations and deaths remain elevated.
Since the start of October, the CDC estimates there have been at least 33 million influenza illnesses, 480,000 hospitalizations and 21,000 deaths during this flu cycle. Flu-related pediatric deaths have totaled 98, with 12 reported this week.
For the week ending on Feb. 22, the CDC classified 17 states as having "very high" flu activity levels, 10 fewer than the previous week. Six additional states and Washington, D.C., were classified as having "high" activity, bringing the total to 23.
Each week, the CDC monitors doctors' visits for flu-like illnesses and labels each state on a scale from “minimal” to “very high” flu activity levels. The exception is Vermont, which the CDC reports having "inadequate data."
This flu season is classified as high severity for all age groups. The last time a season was labeled as such was the 2017-2018 season.
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Flu season most often peaks in February, according to CDC data. Prescription flu antiviral drugs can treat the illness, and the CDC recommends starting them as early as possible, especially for patients at higher risk for severe illness.
Anyone aged 6 months and older is recommended to get an annual flu shot, according to the CDC. You can find vaccination locations near you at vaccines.gov.
Flu activity decreased for the second consecutive week in the U.S., according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's weekly influenza reports.
Though flu activity has gone down, the CDC expects several more weeks of influenza. Data suggests the season has peaked, but flu-related medical visits, hospitalizations and deaths remain elevated.
Since the start of October, the CDC estimates there have been at least 33 million influenza illnesses, 480,000 hospitalizations and 21,000 deaths during this flu cycle. Flu-related pediatric deaths have totaled 98, with 12 reported this week.
For the week ending on Feb. 22, the CDC classified 17 states as having "very high" flu activity levels, 10 fewer than the previous week. Six additional states and Washington, D.C., were classified as having "high" activity, bringing the total to 23.
Each week, the CDC monitors doctors' visits for flu-like illnesses and labels each state on a scale from “minimal” to “very high” flu activity levels. The exception is Vermont, which the CDC reports having "inadequate data."
This flu season is classified as high severity for all age groups. The last time a season was labeled as such was the 2017-2018 season.
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Flu season most often peaks in February, according to CDC data. Prescription flu antiviral drugs can treat the illness, and the CDC recommends starting them as early as possible, especially for patients at higher risk for severe illness.
Anyone aged 6 months and older is recommended to get an annual flu shot, according to the CDC. You can find vaccination locations near you at vaccines.gov.
It’s time to close everything, lock everybody in their houses, give em four/five mystery jabs.
,/center>I haven’t had a flu or cold since Jan. 2020 and I’ve always wondered if that wasn’t an early covid, before it was even named that. Never had covid. No more vax unless there’s a very good reason.
What temperature kills the flu virus?
Enveloped viruses such as influenza and coronaviruses are more heat-sensitive and can be destroyed at relatively lower temperatures around 140°F (60°C). Non-enveloped viruses, which include Norovirus and Poliovirus, often require temperatures closer to 185°F (85°C) for effective inactivation.Nov 21, 2024
Thank goodness for global warming. We had three mornings in a row where the temperature here was -12.
The military forced me to receive a flu shot every year and I still got the flu.
We should go back to covid. Back then no one got the flu. Or had heart attacks. Or didn’t drive into trees.
It was all covid.
Flu activity continues to decline in US, latest CDC data shows
The horror!!!
You mean flu season is nearly over...
Word!
I’m old enough to remember when flu disappeared almost completely. Now it’s back. Which of those reports should we believe and why?
Made it through another winter without getting a flu shot and without getting the flu.
I wouldn't trust anything the CDC publishes.
But that's just me. Your mileage may vary.
Trump signed his anti-flu Executive Order.
Flu peak this year was in Nov-then started trailing off.
I think it’s because the border got shut down.
Aliens bring all kinds of different strains in from other countries.
My comment was in jest. 😁
Health News: Yale: Marina Zhang, 2/26/2025:
Researchers have identified a condition, termed post-vaccination syndrome or PVS.
This condition is reported in only a small fraction of the population, the researchers wrote.
Yale Preprint Identifies Post-Vaccination Syndrome, PVS: Points to Lack of Recognition:
A medic prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Netanya, Israel on Jan. 5, 2022.
By Marina Zhang, 2/26/2025
Researchers have identified a condition, termed post-vaccination syndrome or PVS, following COVID-19 mRNA or COVID-19 adenovirus vaccinations, according to a recent preprint from Yale University.
This condition is reported in only a small fraction of the population, the researchers wrote.
PVS shares similar symptoms to long COVID, including chronic fatigue, sleep difficulties, brain fog, and nerve changes, for months to years.
While long COVID is accepted by clinicians and the public, “PVS is not recognized by health authorities, and there are no defined diagnostic criteria for PVS,” the study’s lead author Dr. Akiko Iwasaki, Sterling Professor of Immunology at Yale University, told The Epoch Times.
What was done in the preprint study, which recognizes a new form of chronic-fatigue like syndrome, was “extremely challenging research to conduct from every aspect of research operations,” said David Putrino, one of the study researchers and director of rehabilitation innovation at the Mount Sinai Health System.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B7HJG8IfQI_izQw9CQuSoOIhaQtNGJJ_vOq5lyB4_sA/edit?tab=t.0
Some studies show repeated or prior vaccination for flu weakens vaccine effectiveness. They think this is influenced by how closely related the flu antigen is season to season and to the vaccine. This is a nice summary:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5853256/#CIT0013
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