Mary Wilson
Well-known member
February 14, 20218:00 AM ET
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO
EMMA BOWMAN
This past summer, public health officials sounded warnings about the dangers of an impending flu epidemic on top of the coronavirus pandemic.
Yet this year's flu season has been exceptionally mild.
During the 2019-2020 flu season, some 400,000 people were hospitalized for the flu, with 22,000 deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Last week — just ahead of the season's usual peak — the CDC had recorded just 165 flu-related hospitalizations since October.
"Flu has been essentially nonexistent," Dr. William Schaffner, infectious disease specialist at Vanderbilt University, said in an interview with Weekend Edition.
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/14/9674...ocial&utm_term=nprnews&utm_source=twitter.com
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO
EMMA BOWMAN
This past summer, public health officials sounded warnings about the dangers of an impending flu epidemic on top of the coronavirus pandemic.
Yet this year's flu season has been exceptionally mild.
During the 2019-2020 flu season, some 400,000 people were hospitalized for the flu, with 22,000 deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Last week — just ahead of the season's usual peak — the CDC had recorded just 165 flu-related hospitalizations since October.
"Flu has been essentially nonexistent," Dr. William Schaffner, infectious disease specialist at Vanderbilt University, said in an interview with Weekend Edition.
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/14/9674...ocial&utm_term=nprnews&utm_source=twitter.com