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  • A record-breaking 105 US children have died from flu so far this season

    Source: https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/21/healt...105/index.html

    A record-breaking 105 US children have died from flu so far this season
    By Gina Yu, CNN
    Updated 1:34 PM ET, Fri February 21, 2020

    (CNN) - So far this season,105 children have died from the flu, according to data released Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This is the highest number of child flu deaths at this point in the season since the CDC started keeping records in 2004, except for the 2009 flu pandemic.

    It has been an "unusual" flu season with a higher proportion of children and young adults affected than the older population, according to Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious disease specialist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

    The earlier prevalence of influenza B -- a flu strain that tends to be more common in children -- could be a reason why more children were affected, Schaffner said. Also, as the number of influenza B cases decreased, the number of H1N1 cases increased, he said. H1N1 is a subtype of the influenza A strain, which also affects children more than adults...

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    And just by adding up the state & local reports in our forum, that number is already in excess of 120.
    Twitter: @RonanKelly13
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