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Weekly US Map: Influenza Summary Update(CDC)
CDC ^ | 12/08/2017 | CDC

Posted on 12/08/2017 3:02:26 PM PST by WeWaWes

A Weekly Influenza Surveillance Report Prepared by the Influenza Division Weekly Influenza Activity Estimates Reported by State and Territorial Epidemiologists*

(Excerpt) Read more at cdc.gov ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: cdc; flu; flumap; flureport; influenza; influenzareport; vaccination
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This is a link to the CDC flu map. The wife and I have been a stat on this map for more than a week. We are better now but we haven't been this sick in many years. By the way, both of us had a flu shot late September.
1 posted on 12/08/2017 3:02:26 PM PST by WeWaWes
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Pharmacist told me that this year the vaccine I received covered 4 strains instead of the usual 2.

That’s alarming that the one you caught wasn’t included. What part of the country?


2 posted on 12/08/2017 3:08:11 PM PST by fwdude (Why is it that the only positive things to come out of LGBT organizations are their AIDS tests?)
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To: WeWaWes

This might be of interest to you:

https://wtop.com/health-fitness/2017/11/2017-flu-season-could-be-worse-vaccine-not-as-effective-expert/

“Flu-pocalypse? 2017 flu season could be worse, vaccine not as effective, expert warns”


3 posted on 12/08/2017 3:11:09 PM PST by MeganC (Democrat by birth, Republican by default, Conservative by principle.)
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To: fwdude

FL Gulf Coast...panhandle


4 posted on 12/08/2017 3:11:14 PM PST by WeWaWes (When I look in the mirror I see an elephant--a bad ass elephant)
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“We are better now but we haven’t been this sick in many years. By the way, both of us had a flu shot late September.”

From what I understand it’s supposed to be a nasty year, flu-wise. Good to hear y’all are on the mend, tho~


5 posted on 12/08/2017 3:12:46 PM PST by LouieFisk
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To: MeganC

My wife and I both noted this year how sore or arms were from the shot as compared to other years. So, I was thinking...heck yea this is good juice! But, sad to say not true.


6 posted on 12/08/2017 3:13:09 PM PST by WeWaWes (When I look in the mirror I see an elephant--a bad ass elephant)
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To: WeWaWes

Since the map image can be downloaded maybe someone more in-tune with posting images can actually post the map.


7 posted on 12/08/2017 3:15:06 PM PST by WeWaWes (When I look in the mirror I see an elephant--a bad ass elephant)
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The VA Hospital in Portland, OR, has issued a new policy, wherein no children are allowed, and any visitor and out patients must wear masks, issued at the door...

For what it's worth.

8 posted on 12/08/2017 3:15:10 PM PST by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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To: WeWaWes

My pulmonologist recommended I have both flu and pneumonia vaccines, so I did. Before that, I went to Atlanta to help my brother who was having surgery and had a nasty case of something right after I got back to Michigan. I hadn’t had the flu in decades but I was so sick for two days I couldn’t get out of bed.

My brother had surgery in the Atlanta VA hospital. He got an infection and died. Very sad. I wonder if I got sick because of a bug I picked up while visiting him in the hospital. I spent a lot of time there.


9 posted on 12/08/2017 3:21:58 PM PST by be-baw
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https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/season/flu-season-2017-2018.htm#effectiveness

I was curious, so for anyone else who is...
Scroll down for the info on vaccine effectiveness.


10 posted on 12/08/2017 3:22:51 PM PST by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: fwdude

The HN32 influenza A virus dominant all over the northern hemisphere (and southern last season) is not a good match for its counterpart in the trivalent or quadravalent vaccine. But there is some protection afforded by the vaccine.


11 posted on 12/08/2017 3:33:13 PM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: WeWaWes

I got my flu shot yesterday. I’ve been reading this fall that getting it too early leaves you less protected later in the flu season. I got a bad cold four weeks ago today. Took two full weeks to feel somewhat normal and another full 10 days to really get over it. Doc recommended no flu shot while I was sick with the cold


12 posted on 12/08/2017 3:34:47 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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Got my flu shot 30 hours ago. Only mild sore arm for 20 hours or so.


13 posted on 12/08/2017 3:35:34 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: be-baw

My wife visited a local hospital for a test and she swears that’s where this bug came from.


14 posted on 12/08/2017 3:37:18 PM PST by WeWaWes (When I look in the mirror I see an elephant--a bad ass elephant)
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To: be-baw

Sorry to hear about your brother.

I used to get sick a lot more when traveling extensively for business. Nothing like a big aluminum tube filled with people from all over the world to create a first-class bug cocktail!


15 posted on 12/08/2017 3:37:33 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: be-baw

Hubby had surgery and then 3 days in the hospital last year. There was a constant presence of hospital workers in all the waiting rooms wiping every hard surface down with antibacterial wipes. They were serious.
Then brother wound up having surgery and a hospital stay this summer. Different hospital. Not once did I see anyone wiping anything down.


16 posted on 12/08/2017 3:39:13 PM PST by sheana
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I had that cold. It was nasty. Was only sick for a few days but the sinuses and cough lasted a full month. I still have some leftover cough.


17 posted on 12/08/2017 3:40:48 PM PST by sheana
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The VA Hospital in Portland, OR, has issued a new policy, wherein no children are allowed, and any visitor and out patients must wear masks, issued at the door...

...

The hospital I visited last week, any employee who hadn’t had the flu shot yet was wearing a mask.


18 posted on 12/08/2017 3:42:47 PM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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Thanks for the condolences. After he died I tried to get hold of my youngest brother to let him know. It took a long time to find out that HE died 2 years ago. I have two brothers left...I think. I know for sure that the county clerk has no record of their demise.


19 posted on 12/08/2017 3:49:52 PM PST by be-baw
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"“We are better now but we haven’t been this sick in many years. By the way, both of us had a flu shot late September.”"

I've read that he flu shot this year is only 10% effective.

20 posted on 12/08/2017 4:08:41 PM PST by blam
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