Flu off to an early start as CDC warns about potentially severe season

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Getting my shot this weekend. Nothing worse than being down for a week feeling like you are on your deathbed.


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ERIKA EDWARDS AND MIGUEL ALMAGUER
October 15, 2022, 1:59 PM



Reports of flu and other respiratory illnesses are higher than what would normally be seen in the U.S. at this time of year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.

"We've noted that flu activity is starting to increase across much of the country," especially in the Southeast and south-central U.S., the CDC's director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, told NBC News.

"Not everybody got flu vaccinated last year, and many people did not get the flu. So that makes us ripe to have potentially a severe flu season."

Typical flu seasons ramp up in December and usually peak in February.

Walensky's warning comes ahead of a CDC report on flu spread expected Friday. It is anticipated that the agency will say that flu and similar viral illnesses are notably high in Arkansas, California, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas.

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1. I'm glad I got my shot when I got the Omricon booster.

Btw, AOL is still around? I bet I still have a few of the floppy disks they handed out everywhere back in the day.

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2. Yes..lol My father in law and a friend still have aol..lol nt