Influenza

Last bad flu season killed nearly 65,000; will this season be worse?

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, December 30th, 2003

The last time there was a flu strain mutation similar to the one sickening thousands of Americans this year, nearly 65,000 died.

And that was only 5 years ago.

Flu experts say it's clear this flu season will be much worse than in the past few years, but they are not ready to predict it will be one of the deadliest in modern times. Epidemiologists at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention don't know how long this year's flu season will last nor how many people it might kill or hospitalize.

Already, it is worrisome because several children have died, and some parts of America are facing flu shot shortages and swamped...

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