Posted on 12/04/2012 6:10:52 PM PST by blam
All Signs Indicate That This Flu Season Is Going To Be Brutal
Jennifer Welsh
Dec. 4, 2012, 6:53 PM
The flu season could be especially bad this year, and is one of the earliest-starting flu seasons in a decade, said Thomas Frieden, Director of the Centers for Disease Control.
"This is the earliest regular flu season we've had in nearly a decade, since the 2003-2004 flu season. That was an early and severe flu year," CDC director Thomas Frieden said in a teleconference yesterday Dec. 3.
That season was very severe, especially for children, they said.
This is much different than we saw last year's flu season, which — helped by a late start and a warm winter — was very mild.
Weather.com notes:
The CDC tracks flu cases across America and releases a new report each week which shows local, regional, and statewide flu cases. The most recent report shows half a dozen states reporting widespread outbreaks of the flu. Just one week earlier, no states were reporting widespread outbreaks.
See all the national flu data here.
"While flu is always unpredictable, the early nature of the cases as well as the specific strains we're seeing suggest that this could be a bad flu year," Frieden said. "In summary, flu activity is up, vaccine is the best tool to protect against flu."
The researchers at the CDC can't say why this year is off to such an early start, but it could be because of the strain that's circling. The H3N2 strain is typically associated with severe flu seasons, Frieden said:
"And what we've seen in past years is that H3 predominant years tend to be the worst years. And at least in 2003, also an earlier year."
Some good news though — this year's vaccine is well
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Thanks for the thread. I’ll get my flu shot in 18 hours.
As you can see, any mention of the word ‘vaccine’ starts a controversy.
ooh..that was a good one. ouch.
Thank you ladies and germs. I will be here all week. Try the veal!
What about 2009 swine flu? It was going strong in the late summer; I got it at the end of Oct 2009 and it was an illness from hell, not like any flu I’ve ever had before. And I was really trying hard to not get it.
I haven’t read the main flu site lately that I used to, regularly. Maybe I should take a look.
You’re preachin’ to the choir.
Some ‘groups’ think there’s too many people on earth.
What a clever way to get rid of them.
GRANDMA’S WARNING: Flu shots inject you with the flu viruses!
Interesting. Life/health BTTT!
The only thing that is going to be brutal is the relentless propaganda for people to get their flu shot so that they can get the flu.
Year after year we get this same old crap, and flu deaths never even rise to the level of LEO dog shootings. The less flu shots, the fewer deaths we will have.
>> “No thanks. I’ll stick with D3 and probiotics.” <<
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Amen!
Enough of these Death Culture drug pushers.
>> “GRANDMA’S WARNING: Flu shots inject you with the flu viruses!” <<
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Absolutely correct!
I’ve never had a flu shot, and I haven’t had anything like the flu for over 50 years.
If what I have is the flu, it sucks. 2 weeks the wife and I have been sick and NOTHING is helping. Tomorrow starts day 15 with little relief in sight.
>> “HHS, CDC, etc. trying to keep their budgets intact.” <<
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Salesmanship to grease their way through the revolving door to a high salary gig at some Pharma Co.
No, they don't. They inject you with proteins collected from the surfaces of flu virii. Your immune system then learns to recognize anything carrying these proteins as an attacker, so that if you're ever infected with the flu it can defend against them immediately.
You’re either a professional liar, or a complete fool.
All vaccinations are loaded with viruses.
Have you ever heard of Del Immune? ( www.delimmune.com )
It knocks out any and all viral infections within hours.
I used to give it away to my employees free until they raised their price. I have never seen it fail.
I’m curious - what is your medical background? Physician? Pharmacist? RN? Pharmacologist?
Feel free to answer me between insults.
Herbal/natural diet/health advocate for the last 40 years or so.
Raised 6 kids with perfect health by keeping them far from MDs/RNs, drug pushers. havent been debilitated enough not to do my job for 35+ years (Took one day off mostly out of lazyness in ‘76 when I had thousands of hours of sick leave on the books, and was about to quit and go out on my own)
I'll not post another of these articles.
Congratulations on your good luck. I hope it continues.
LOL!
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