Flu season may not have peaked, and there's another wave of severe infections underway, the CDC says
There were as many as 26.3 million flu illnesses, 12.4 million medical visits and 347,000 flu hospitalizations between October 1 and March 2, according to the weekly flu report released Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "We're still having flu. And we're still seeing a steady stream of patients who are being admitted to hospital with influenza," said Dr. William Schaffner, medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.
Although the CDC continues to recommend getting a flu shot, Schaffner noted that it is"awfully late" in the season, because it takes 10 days to two weeks after getting the shot for your body to develop immunity. Still, as long as flu is circulating in the area where you live, it is not too late to get vaccinated. He also advises his patients to"remember to get it this fall in preparation for the next flu season.
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