State numbers show positivity rates on the rise week over week, with one pediatric death reported last week—potentially a sign of things to come.
"Well, we haven't been getting our low-level exposures to the seasonal flu over the last couple of years because we've been isolating due to COVID, we've been masking," said McCorkle. "It will be a little more novel to our immune systems. So we're expecting it to be perhaps a little more intense than the run-of-the-mill flu season."
In fact, data from Australia shows a so-called "rebound escalation" of flu cases earlier this year—a trend that the U.S. is expected to follow. "Every year we have a large number of flu deaths. It is not something to be underestimated or taken lightly," said McCorkle. "The flu really kind of puts people low for several days, up to a week."
Experts say children under two and people over 65 are at highest risk—especially those with conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure, COPD and asthma. But the CDC says everyone should get the seasonal flu shot—and do it soon. "So your immunity has a chance to ramp up before you are gathering in airports, getting together with elderly family members in a closed space, that kind of thing that we're going to do over Thanksgiving and Christmas. So that's why it's very, very important we get this done right now," said McCorkle."Maybe. It’s a big maybe. I don’t necessarily get sick," said Hyder.
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