Catbird
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Detroit Free Press:
"...But officials say they still have no answers as to why the cases began so early this year.
"We had some early (outbreak) years in '03 and '07, but this is the earliest I can remember," said Bob Swanson, director of the division of immunization at the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH).
..."We know there are a lot of institutional outbreaks going on, like in nursing homes and in some school settings," Swanson said.
...Anecdotally at least, it seems that some patients also had their flu shot, he said. Of the confirmed cases reported to the state this year, 91% of them involved three flu strains that are contained in the vaccine. Swanson said that most of the flu patients did not have the vaccine."
"...But officials say they still have no answers as to why the cases began so early this year.
"We had some early (outbreak) years in '03 and '07, but this is the earliest I can remember," said Bob Swanson, director of the division of immunization at the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH).
..."We know there are a lot of institutional outbreaks going on, like in nursing homes and in some school settings," Swanson said.
...Anecdotally at least, it seems that some patients also had their flu shot, he said. Of the confirmed cases reported to the state this year, 91% of them involved three flu strains that are contained in the vaccine. Swanson said that most of the flu patients did not have the vaccine."