The CDC Says Flu and Pneumonia Deaths Exceed Epidemic Levels

“Vaccine against this year’s predominant flu strain, called H3N2, is only 62 percent effective, scientists reported in the CDC’s weekly publication.

The proportion of all deaths in the United States last week caused by pneumonia and influenza reached 7.3 percent, above the epidemic threshold of 7.2 percent, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday.

Only the Southwest and California had “normal” flu activity last week, the agency said. The other nine regions had “elevated” activity, confirming that seasonal flu has spread across the country and reached high levels several weeks before the usual time of late January or February…”

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