Posted on 11/17/2022 9:45:16 AM PST by BenLurkin
Texas’ flu season is off to an early start this year, and doesn’t show any signs of slowing down, public health officials said this week.
Texas is one of multiple states throughout the U.S. with a “very high” level of flu activity, Vinny Taneja, director of Tarrant County Public Health, said Tuesday.
“I don’t think I’ve seen that in a long time on our flu map,” Taneja said during a commissioners court meeting Tuesday, referencing the maroon color being used to indicate the level of flu in Texas and across much of the southern U.S. Statewide, almost 8% of patients seeking care in outpatient clinics had flu-like symptoms, according to data from the state health department. This metric, which looks at “influenza-like illness,” is the one that most public health officials rely on to indicate how many people are showing up to doctors’ offices with fevers, coughs and sore throats.
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Four days to get over the “yuck”. Headache off and on fever. Today I feel normal and ready to take on the world!
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