UPMC doctor: Influenza and flu vaccines
Williamsport Sun-Gazette (Nov. 27th, 2022) – According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the flu, or influenza, affected about nine million people last flu season (October through May).
This is presumably due to COVID-19 mitigation efforts such as masking and social distancing that have since become less pressurized. While you may feel more at ease this year, it is important to stay diligent against respiratory illnesses.
So far for this year’s flu season, there have been 2.8 million illnesses, about 23,000 hospitalizations, and 1,300 deaths that have been caused by the virus.