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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(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
It was, and it may mean that your immune system is now prepared to fight off the flu bug. I wasn’t too impressed with the young lady who gave me my shot. Hope it took. I’m too old to deal with the flu. :-(
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Check out article, then # 20 , # 27 , # 37 , # 53 .
[Full disclosure, I get a yearly flu shot; never had the flu, nor a cold.]
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Found this article a little earlier this evening:
(Don’t kill the messenger. I report, you decide.)
My bad, it’s my grandma joke that provoked the storm!
Fewer incidents of heart attacks and strokes caused by influenza. Makes sense, actually. I did get my shot (this one hurt a little but might have hit a nerve).
More like Schizotypal. Actually, I understand where you're coming from. Don't agree that this vehicle is being used for intentional infection (other than the deactivated influenza virus), but yes, government has done similar in the past.
Article saved - thanks!
The swine flu in 2009/2010 often caused severe illness with no fever. I actually had it twice (first time didn’t know what it was, others had it twice, too) and neither time had a bit of fever, although I felt like death warmed over and kept taking temp. I read that plenty of people had no fever at all with that one, even with severe symptoms. Immune system just didn’t kick in properly.
Odd.
It may be the Obama flu, but it’s still Bush’s fault.
Why?
Sounds like the CDC is on their annual flu shot marketing blitz again. They do this every year, and yet most of us don’t get their shot and we do just fine.
Just government workers trying to justify their existence.
Just saw this very thing on the morning news. It's all a guess and I don't want to chance a roll of the dice that they picked the right strain. Then it's always evolving. I dunno but it's starting to look like the more they vacinate, the more it mutates so one day soon we'll have a super flu that we can't handle. What I don't understand is the flu "season". The weather is warmer than normal this year yet the flu started early. Sometimes it starts in cold weather and sometimes it's warm. Some neighbors have had the flu for six weeks or longer and have been hospitalized so that throws the "season" back into October at least. I think I'll stick with handwashing and suppliments.
I was finally convinced that the current flu shots do not contain a live virus (like in the old days) and I have had a flu shot every year and haven't had the flu since.
I read an article that said Angleton Texas had the highest incident of influenza in the state and I know the reason why.
When a kid in the Angleton high school doesn't have an absence for the entire year they don't have to take the finals. They go to school sick and infect everyone else and it gets taken home and the whole family is infected.
If the Angleton school system hasn't changed this policy I'll bet it is still happening. Especially if stupid people still believe they will get sick from the flu vaccine.
Can you get Del Immune at the store or is it only online?
Same when I was in school here, too. However, I don't remember anyone having the flu or much sickness either. We did have allergies and I suspect a lot of later infertility was caused by the high incidence of radiation in the water and tree farms spraying. Fast forward a few decades and a few counties over and the school is filled with running noses. There are also more illegals so much of the germs are coming in from Mexico. And the school pushes perfect attendance. There's some sort of punishment if you miss more than three days... after school study hall to make up work or something along those lines.
Thanks for that link - a video of the Congressional hearing on Autism was on the page.
It used to be that we thought the government could be trusted. On the issue of vaccines, I just can’t bring myself to believe that there is NOT some nefarious motivation involved when you look at the evidence of bullet purchases, Georgia Guidestones, etc.
But don’t get one if you’re allergic to eggs.
That can be bad, very bad.!
But don’t get one if you’re allergic to eggs.
That can be bad, very bad.!
But don’t get one if you’re allergic to eggs.
That can be bad, very bad.!
are you sure that wasn’t food poisoning?
I am finally on the mend after 10 of the worst flu/bronchitis days I’ve ever had.
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