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Flu and COVID Infections Are Rising and Gould Get Worse Over the Holidays, CDC Says
NJ101.5 ^ | December 22, 2023

Posted on 12/22/2023 9:01:38 PM PST by nickcarraway

Look for flu and COVID-19 infections to ramp up in the coming weeks, U.S. health officials say, with increases fueled by holiday gatherings, too many unvaccinated people and a new version of the coronavirus that may be spreading more easily.

High levels of flu-like illnesses were reported last week in 17 states — up from 14 the week before, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.

“Folks are traveling a lot more this season. They want to see their families,” said the CDC's Dr. Manisha Patel. "And all of that sort of adds to the mix” in the spread of viruses. Health officials are keeping an eye on a version of the ever-evolving coronavirus, known as JN.1. The omicron variant was first detected in the U.S. in September and now accounts for an estimated 20% of cases. The CDC expects it to reach 50% in the next two weeks, Patel said.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine; Local News
KEYWORDS: covid; flu; fluseason; pandemic; pic; scamdemic; shamdemic
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To: nickcarraway

The flu shot and the deadly covid vaccine shots are being combined. BEWARE!!


21 posted on 12/23/2023 1:33:33 AM PST by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: roving; All

Yup. A neighbor got two shots and three boosters. Tested positive five times. What a maroon. He’s the kind of guy who would play Russian roulette with all six chambers loaded.


22 posted on 12/23/2023 2:13:15 AM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore)
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To: nickcarraway

Thank goodness that the common cold has disappeared!


23 posted on 12/23/2023 3:00:34 AM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: Slingwing

safe AND effective

Two weeks to flatten the curve


24 posted on 12/23/2023 3:36:03 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: nickcarraway

High levels of flu-like illnesses

So they don’t know anything about what exactly they are fear mongering...could just be colds.


25 posted on 12/23/2023 4:33:44 AM PST by Adder (End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
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To: nickcarraway

“…with increases fueled by holiday gatherings, too many unvaccinated people…”

Yeah cause the vax prevents Covid…oh…wait…


26 posted on 12/23/2023 4:34:58 AM PST by TalBlack (I We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: nickcarraway

Hah hah “too many unvaccinated people”. Even the people I know who were pro vax nutters have figured out the vaxes are not working and instead harm people.


27 posted on 12/23/2023 4:39:54 AM PST by dforest
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To: Cobra64

Is your neighbor by chance a Democrat or just a Sheep?


28 posted on 12/23/2023 4:40:45 AM PST by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: He'sComingBack!

Well, whatever I came down with, I am getting over.


29 posted on 12/23/2023 4:49:51 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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To: AlaskaErik

I used to get a flu shot every year.

Now you will only be able to get an mRNA version.

So, no more flu shots for me!


30 posted on 12/23/2023 4:57:08 AM PST by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! )
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To: nickcarraway

I trust the CDC as far as I could throw it.


31 posted on 12/23/2023 5:13:33 AM PST by yldstrk
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To: nickcarraway

This sounds bad, we really need to protect our brave Public Employee’s and demand they all be Locked Down in their homes for their own protection until the danger has subsided.


32 posted on 12/23/2023 5:29:09 AM PST by eyeamok
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To: nickcarraway

This is the evil media doing what they do best. Just like nothing the SPLC ever does can make them lose credibility, so it goes for the CDC...


33 posted on 12/23/2023 5:37:08 AM PST by ClarityGuy
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To: nickcarraway

Not going to panic, but the flu, particularly Type A is no joke and it’s not just a cold.


34 posted on 12/23/2023 5:37:15 AM PST by Roadrunner383 (m)
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To: nickcarraway; 2ndreconmarine; Fitzcarraldo; Covenantor; Mother Abigail; EBH; Dog Gone; ...
Infectious Disease – Covid variant JN.1 (Omicron coronavirus variant) increasing in the number of infections
Currently the variant is 20% of infections, but with holiday travel, it is expected to represent 50% of infections in two weeks, according to the CDC

”High levels of flu-like illnesses were reported last week in 17 states — up from 14 the week before,
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. “

”“Folks are traveling a lot more this season. They want to see their families,” said the CDC's Dr. Manisha Patel.
"And all of that sort of adds to the mix” in the spread of viruses.
Health officials are keeping an eye on a version of the ever-evolving coronavirus, known as JN.1.
The omicron variant was first detected in the U.S. in September and now accounts for an estimated 20% of cases.
The CDC expects it to reach 50% in the next two weeks, Patel said. “

35 posted on 12/23/2023 5:51:37 AM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: nickcarraway

No one believes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention it used up any trust long ago


36 posted on 12/23/2023 6:05:38 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: nickcarraway

Wife’s got the stomach yuck. She’s not sure which end to point at the commode. Grandkid gave it to her.

Guess it’ll be my turn next.


37 posted on 12/23/2023 6:25:02 AM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: nickcarraway

In other words, COVID is just the flu and the new flu shot will contain Covid vaccine ingredients. No deal! Would rather get the flu and take the four days off to rest. I don’t trust injections anymore.


38 posted on 12/23/2023 6:26:18 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Rudy for Mayor of NYC in 24!)
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To: nickcarraway

Day 3 of Covid and I’m finally out of bed, able to walk, kind of, and finally eat something. To me it’s like having a bad flu. I haven’t seen any dancing reindeer, but the dreams have been mind blowing.


39 posted on 12/23/2023 6:31:30 AM PST by DownInFlames (p)
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To: Slingwing

Its not BS Covid is real, it could kill you whether you got the flu shot or Covid shot or the pneumonia shot, I know plenty of people who got the Covid shot mostly old people like me who still caught Covid including my 87 year old mother but other than having a cough and fever she did just fine. I don’t know of any folks who died of Covid who took the shot but I do know plenty who didn’t take the shot and died like a EV battery on a cold day. I will never take the Covid shot again but I will take a flu shot.


40 posted on 12/23/2023 6:47:34 AM PST by wild74
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