Those deaths bring the total number of children reported to have died to 84 since October, when the current flu season began. Three out of four children who died from the flu had not gotten a flu vaccine, the acting director of the CDC said in a Thursday news conference."We continue to recommend parents get their children vaccinated even though it's late in the season," Dr. Anne Schuchat said. The season may continue for several more weeks, she added. Caused by viruses, flu is a contagious respiratory illness with mild to severe symptoms that can sometimes lead to death.The vaccine's performance in children was "better than we expected," Schuchat said after the release of the CDC's report of estimated vaccine effectiveness rates. Among adults, the proportion of pneumonia- and flu-related deaths fell from 10.1% of all deaths occurring during the week ending January 20 to 9.8% of all deaths for the week ending January 27 (these data are always two weeks delayed). This rate, however, is higher than the anticipated 7.3% pneumonia- or flu-related deaths estimated for the week. The CDC confirmed 18,716 new infections for the week ending February 10, bringing the total for the season to 178,040. I believe that this is a sad case, that most can not prevent, as vaccines only help with small portions amongst the disease. This is becoming even sadder as it continues to take lives.
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London Hibbs- so sad that people are loosing their lives over what we consider to be a common sickness in the US!
ReplyDeleteThe flu is now more dangerous than it was before. I wonder if it will keep evolving
ReplyDeleteIt's crazy to see so many people dying over the flu.
ReplyDeleteIt’s horrible to hear of all of the lives that have been lost because of the flu. More caution should be taken to maintain good health.
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