1. A short #flu thread.
@CDCgov's latest flu report, for the week ending April 16, shows flu chugging along pretty much at levels seen over the past number of weeks. A bit surprising it isn't dropping off by now, but flu in the time of Covid is even more unpredictable than usual.
@CDCgov's latest flu report, for the week ending April 16, shows flu chugging along pretty much at levels seen over the past number of weeks. A bit surprising it isn't dropping off by now, but flu in the time of Covid is even more unpredictable than usual.
2. Three more pediatric #flu deaths were reported to @CDCgov last week. They occurred in late Jan., late Feb., and mid-March. (There's often a reporting delay.) This season 22 children have died from flu in the US.
3. The Covid pandemic has really disrupted #flu transmission; there was almost no flu in the winter of 2020-21 and very low rates this year.
In the US, virtually the only type of flu to have made it through the Covid bottleneck was H3N2.
In the US, virtually the only type of flu to have made it through the Covid bottleneck was H3N2.
4. @CDCgov estimates that this year 4.7M people contracted flu, 47,000 were hospitalized & 2,800 people have died. For context: CDC estimates between 12,000 - 52,000 people die in regular flu seasons. In 2011-12, a very mild year, 12,000 died. cdc.gov/flu/weekly/ind…
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