The AP (2/7, Stobbe) reported,
“The U.S. winter virus season is in full force, and by one measure is the most intense in 15 years.” According to the AP, “one indicator of flu activity is the percentage of doctor’s office visits driven by flu-like symptoms.” Two weeks ago, “that number was clearly higher than the peak of any winter flu season since 2009-2010, when a swine flu pandemic hit the nation, according to data posted Friday morning by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.”
Reuters (2/7, Erman) reported,
the CDC “said in its weekly flu surveillance report that seasonal influenza activity continues to increase across the country.” According to the “report, 7.8% of patient visits to outpatient facilities over the week ended February 1 were for influenza-like illnesses.” That figure “has risen steadily over the past two weeks, from 7% the week ended January 25 and 5.8% the week before that.”
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A great time for all infection monitoring folks to be fired at the CDC!! (SARcasm, of course)