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发帖数: 1 | 1 Flu season arrives early, driven by an unexpected virus
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/06/us-flu-season-arrives-early-driven-by-an-
unexpected-virus.html
PUBLISHED FRI, DEC 6 2019 4:55 PM ESTUPDATED FRI, DEC 6 20198:26 PM EST
The Associated Press
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KEY POINTS
The U.S. winter flu season is off to its earliest start in more than 15
years.
An early barrage of illness in the South has begun to spread more broadly,
and there’s a decent chance flu season could peak much earlier than normal,
health officials say.
Some experts think the early start may mean a lot of suffering is in store,
but others say it’s too early to tell.
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A man receives a flu shot at a free clinic.
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The U.S. winter flu season is off to its earliest start in more than 15
years.
An early barrage of illness in the South has begun to spread more broadly,
and there’s a decent chance flu season could peak much earlier than normal,
health officials say.
The last flu season to rev up this early was in 2003-2004 — a bad one. Some
experts think the early start may mean a lot of suffering is in store, but
others say it’s too early to tell.
“It really depends on what viruses are circulating. There’s not a
predictable trend as far as if it’s early it’s going to be more severe, or
later, less severe,” said Scott Epperson, who tracks flu-like illnesses
for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
There are different types of flu viruses, and the one causing illnesses in
most parts of the country is a surprise. It’s a version that normally doesn
’t abound until March or April.
That virus generally isn’t as dangerous to older people — good news, since
most flu hospitalizations and deaths each winter occur in the elderly.
However, such viruses can be hard on children and people younger than 50.
Louisiana was the first state to really get hit hard, with doctors there
saying they began seeing large numbers of flu-like illnesses in October.
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Children’s Hospital New Orleans has already seen more flu cases this fall
than it saw all of last winter, said Dr. Toni Gross, the hospital’s chief
of emergency medicine. Last month was the busiest ever at the hospital’s
emergency department. Officials had to set up a triage system and add extra
shifts, Gross said.
“It is definitely causing symptoms that will put you in bed for a week,”
including fever, vomiting and diarrhea. But the hospital has not had any
deaths and is not seeing many serious complications, she said.
Health officials tend to consider a flu season to be officially underway
when — for at least three weeks in a row — a significant percentage of U.S
. doctor’s office visits are due to flu-like illnesses. That’s now
happened, CDC officials said this week.
The agency on Friday estimated that there have already been 1.7 million flu
illnesses, 16,000 hospitalizations, and 900 flu-related deaths nationally.
The most intense patient traffic had been occurring in a six states
stretching from Texas to Georgia. But in new numbers released Friday, CDC
officials said the number of states with intense activity rose last week to
12. Flu is widespread in 16 states, though not necessarily at intense levels
in each, the CDC said.
Last flu season started off as a mild one but turned out to be the longest
in 10 years. It ended with around 49,000 flu-related deaths and 590,000
hospitalizations, according to preliminary estimates.
It was bad, but not as bad as the one before it, when flu caused an
estimated 61,000 deaths and 810,000 hospitalizations. Those 2017-2018
estimates are new: The CDC last month revised them down from previous
estimates as more data — including actual death certificates — came in.
In both of the previous two flu seasons, the flu vaccine performed poorly
against the nasty predominant virus. It’s too early to say how well the
vaccine is performing right now, Epperson said.
Epperson said there’s a chance the flu season will peak this month, which
would be unusually early. Flu season usually doesn’t hit fever pitch until
around February.
The early start suggests a lot Americans may be sick at the same time, said
Dave Osthus, a statistician who does flu forecasting at Los Alamos National
Laboratory. “This could be a precursor to something pretty bad. But we don
’t know,” he said.
Gross is pessimistic. “I, personally, am preparing for the worst,” she
said. | h****e
发帖数: 1 | 2 我家就那时候得的。
病程一般三周
根本不是普通的一周
全家都感染
也是有生以来第一次
当时感觉美帝投毒要害我
武汉的肯定更毒 | w*****6
发帖数: 1 | 3 米蒂的棺材板。。。
快盖不住了。
【在 l********1 的大作中提到】
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: unexpected-virus.html
: PUBLISHED FRI, DEC 6 2019 4:55 PM ESTUPDATED FRI, DEC 6 20198:26 PM EST
: The Associated Press
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| s********t
发帖数: 199 | | l********1
发帖数: 1 | 5 PUBLISHED FRI, DEC 6 2019 4:55 PM ESTUPDATED FRI, DEC 6 20198:26 PM EST
【在 s********t 的大作中提到】
: 这是以前的报道？
| f****a
发帖数: 1880 | 6 美帝的生物武器一招致中国于死地，结果被我鳖封城和人民动员的能力化解。
What have not killed china hace china mas fuerte!
【在 h****e 的大作中提到】
: 我家就那时候得的。
: 病程一般三周
: 根本不是普通的一周
: 全家都感染
: 也是有生以来第一次
: 当时感觉美帝投毒要害我
: 武汉的肯定更毒
| s********t
发帖数: 199 | | l********1
发帖数: 1 | | A*******d
发帖数: 1799 | 9 这本身说明:(1）美帝真的没有测出新病毒，说明美帝的科技堪忧。
（2）明明知道新冠，而不广告天下，有其难言之隐，有可能真的是自己实验
室出问题。否则，发现新病毒没必要不报道。
两者任何一款，都说明美帝是真的邪恶，是世界人民的毒瘤。 | s********t
发帖数: 199 | | l********1
发帖数: 1 | 11 你测抗体了么？
【在 h****e 的大作中提到】
: 我家就那时候得的。
: 病程一般三周
: 根本不是普通的一周
: 全家都感染
: 也是有生以来第一次
: 当时感觉美帝投毒要害我
: 武汉的肯定更毒
| F********r
发帖数: 878 | 12 If it was really covid 19, they will use it as proof that covid 19 has been
spread from China earlier that they thought. |
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