On January 10, the CDC announced that up to 84,000 people have been hospitalized for the flu in the past three months. There were over 900,000 hospitalizations and 80,000 deaths during the 2017-2018 flu season, the highest the CDC has seen in a decade. Over 6 million people total have contracted the flu over the last few months. The flu epidemic is a parallel to the plague which was the cause of death for many people in the early settlement times. It is very concerning how high the death number is for the United States due to the flu. There isn't much that us teenagers can do to help contribute to the problem, but there is always something or little things that we can do.
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