If you hadn’t noticed, an epidemic is spreading through the U.S. No, not the Kanye West & Kim Kardashian pregnancy news. It’s worse. It’s the flu.
The country is in the grip of three emerging flu or flulike epidemics: an early start to the annual flu season with an unusually aggressive virus, a surge in a new type of norovirus, and the worst whooping cough outbreak in 60 years.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s weekly FluView maps, which track confirmed cases, are nearly solid brown (for “widespread activity”) and report that the percentage of people visiting hospitals has increased two-fold in the past month. What’s more, there have been dozens of flu-related deaths among adults, and a reported 20 deaths of children under the age of 18.
What can you do? Get a flu shot, cover your mouth when you sneeze and cough, wash your hands all day everyday, stock up on vitamin C, and for goodness sake, stay home if you’re sick. Just tell your boss/teacher/parent that I said so.
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