Nearly 3,000 people have already died from the flu this season: CDC - Fox News

The flu play arrived aboriginal and is bound to get worse, said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) successful its latest merchandise of flu data. 

"Seasonal influenza enactment is elevated crossed the country," said the wellness bureau successful its Nov. 28, 2022, variation of the Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report. The study covered the week ending Nov. 19. 

This year, implicit 2,900 people, including 12 children, person died from influenza since October, said the CDC; 5 of those children died the week ending Nov. 19. 

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An estimated 53,000 radical person been hospitalized by flu truthful acold this season, the bureau said. 

The cumulative hospitalization complaint this twelvemonth is "higher than the complaint observed successful week 46 during each erstwhile play since 2010-2011," the study noted.

A full of 12 children, including 5 successful the past week, person died from the flu this year, the CDC reported.  (iStock)

Typically, the flu play peaks successful aboriginal wintertime months, noted the CDC. 

"This is terrible and aboriginal flu play successful presumption of lawsuit numbers of hospitalizations and deaths," Dr. Marc Siegel, a Fox News aesculapian contributor and prof of medicine astatine NYU Langone Medical Center successful New York City, told Fox News Digital via email connected Tuesday. "Several children person died."

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He besides said, "There are respective reasons, including that this is simply a atrocious strain of flu. We person had precise mild flu seasons the past fewer years, truthful our partial immunity from erstwhile vulnerability is lacking, and flu changeable uptake is down — adjacent though it is simply a bully lucifer this year."

"I judge that our immune systems are a spot slower to respond due to the fact that of anterior lockdowns, masks" and more, said Dr. Marc Siegel. 

Flu play "generally peaks" successful January-February, helium noted, but "it is already astatine precocious levels successful galore states."

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He added, "Also, I judge that our immune systems are a spot slower to respond due to the fact that of anterior lockdowns, masks" and more. 

Three states — Texas, New Mexico and Tennessee — person the highest level of influenza-like unwellness (ILI) enactment level, said the CDC. 

An further 8 states, positive the District of Columbia, are astatine the second-highest level of ILI activity. 

The CDC recommends that everyone implicit six months of property get a flu shot.  (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Just 4 states — Alaska, Michigan, New Hampshire and Vermont — person "minimal" levels of ILI activity, the CDC noted. 

The immense bulk of identified flu types are subtypes of Influenza A, making up 99.3% of tested flu specimens. Influenza B accounts for the remaining .7%. 

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"Of influenza A viruses detected and sub-typed this season, 78% person been influenza A(H3N2) and 22% person been influenza A(H1N1)," said the CDC. 

The bureau is advising that each radical implicit the property of six months get a flu vaccine, adding that "now is simply a bully clip to get vaccinated if you haven't already." 

Seniors, young children, radical with definite wellness issues and large women are astatine the highest hazard of flu complications, Fox News Digital has antecedently reported. (iStock)

Flu is astir unsafe for radical 65 and older, young children, large women and radical with definite wellness problems including bosom and lung diseases, Fox News Digital antecedently reported.

This year, radical 65 oregon older are urged to get a peculiar benignant of flu vaccine for other protection, reported the Associated Press.

Seniors are urged to get either the Fluzone High-Dose, Flublok oregon Fluad Adjuvinated vaccines this year.

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Fluzone High-Dose and Flublok each incorporate higher doses of the main anti-flu ingredient, whereas Fluad Adjuvanted has an further peculiar constituent that helps boost people’s immune response, the AP reported.

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Seniors tin and should inquire what benignant of flu changeable their doc is carrying. 

If a senior-specific changeable is not available, they should person a modular flu shot, Fox News Digital reported earlier.