https://www.contagionlive.com/news/flu-cases-surpass-22-million-as-13th-coronavirus-case-is-confirmed-in-us
Flu Cases Surpass 22 Million as 13th Coronavirus Case is Confirmed in USCurrently, there have been 13 confirmed cases <https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2020/s0210-coronavirus-new-us-case.html> of the COVID-19 in the United States, yet flu cases for the 2019-20 US season have topped 22 million <https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/>. This is an increase of 4 million cases <https://www.contagionlive.com/news/us-flu-cases-increased-by-4-million-over-the-last-week> over the span of 1 week. The last 3 weeks of surveillance indicate that flu activity continues to increase and is expected to continue for weeks to come. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) FluView reports that last week the percentage of deaths attributed to pneumonia and influenza stands at 7.1%, just below the epidemic threshold of 7.2%. Recent estimates indicate that of the 22 million flu cases in the US thus far, 210,000 hospitalizations have occurred, and 12,000 deaths have been reported. In total, there have been 78 pediatric deaths so far this season, with 10 new deaths reported last week. Earlier this season it was reported that influenza B/Victoria was the predominant strain <https://www.contagionlive.com/news/influenza-bvictoria-strain-predominating-201920-us-flu-season-thus-far> for the 2019-20 season, yet at this time cases of the A(H1N1)pdm09 virus are approximately equal to the B strain after rising over recent weeks. I think something that gets lost in the narrative is that while the flu shot prevents a percentage of infections, and some people will go and develop the flu anyway, even if they do, there's some evidence that it's attenuated, and that the complications from having the flu including death are lessened even if someone develops flu after they've gotten a shot,” Jason C. Gallagher, PharmD, editor in chief of *Contagion®, *and a clinical professor at Temple University of College of Pharmacy, said in a previous interview <https://www.contagionlive.com/videos/why-everyone-needs-a-flu-shot>. Again, we should demand for better updated vaccinations !!! .....to our lazy bureaucrats !!
