This Year’s Flu Season Is Worse Than Last, CDC Says
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “says this [flu] season is worse than last,” with “more than 10,000 cases reported nationwide.” Physicians are saying, however, that the “flu shot is a good match for this year’s dominant strain and it’s not too late to get one.”
Federal epidemiologist Lynnette Brammer “said while it’s too early to tell if the annual flu vaccine is effective, it closely matches the strains of flu commonly in circulation, which suggests it will be effective.”
According to the recent CDC report, “only 2 out of 5 Americans have received the shot so far this flu season.”
