Surely not...
#flu #rebranded
Who could have thought that the masterminds rebranded a product (note the dates below)
This time in 2018, it was just nine cases - an 155-fold increase.
A majority of those cases are among people who are not fully vaccinated against the flu, reported CNN.
It comes on the heels of a new survey that found nearly 40 percent of US adults don't plan to get flu shots this season.
There are concerns that this early season could mean a particularly severe season overall.
“When you see an early season, it doesn’t always mean it’s going to be a bad season, but statistically an early start is more often a bad season than a mild season,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
The early start to flu activity makes experts "a little concerned that we'll have a prolonged influenza season," said Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious-disease expert at Vanderbilt University and medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.
What's more, this season "is starting out in a distinctive way," Schaffner said. The predominant flu virus currently circulating is one that typically doesn't pop up until the end of the flu season, in early spring, a B/Victoria strain.
For a B strain to be "so prominent is weird" this early in the season, he said. Typically, influenza A virus strains are responsible for the most illnesses each year.
Hmmm…what to do…what to do…
Oh wait…I know…
So now, hopefully, you know as well.