CDC: Flu season at epidemic levels
By Cynthia H. Craft, Sacramento Bee
Flu is hitting hard, and even though vaccinations might not target the specific strain of the virus currently going around, experts still urge people to receive the shots.
The nation’s top public health agency declared a flu epidemic Tuesday, warning residents to exercise caution in public spaces and use good, basic sanitary habits. And even though it may miss the dominant flu strain this year, experts continued to urge people to get the flu shot, saying that it certainly can’t hurt.
Infectious disease experts in the Sacramento region confirmed that influenza activity has been on an uptick here during the past two weeks.
But, as in past years, the flu has hit states east of the Rockies the hardest early on in the season, giving Californians advance notice of just how harsh an outcome to expect.
Hmmmm? I go back and forth on the shot? I know health care, police, teachers, and fire personnel seem to get their shots every year…
*As always eat right…more green than white! Remember eat the rainbow and the clouds are last.
I’ve been taking flu shots, since having pneumonia in 1990 & have had relatively light cases of whatever strain has come along since, but this current bug has bed ridden me for the past 8 days & only now, starting to feel improvement.
Do we have any idea of what this strain is called & how to handle it? Any advice appreciated Thanx
If you are getting the Pneumonia , they have a shot for that every 10 years, I had it real bad ,and took the shot and never got it again,That was in the 1990 and did another shot in 10 years and doing fine .