A rapidly intensifying flu season is straining U.S. hospitals already overburdened with patients sick from other respiratory infections.
FILE - A patient is given a flu vaccine at the L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plans' Community Resource Center where they were offering members and the public free flu and COVID-19 vaccines Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, in Lynwood, Calif. As Americans head into the late 2022 holiday season, a rapidly intensifying flu season is straining hospitals already overburdened with patients sick from other respiratory infections.
More than half the states have high or very high levels of flu, unusually high for this early in the season, theFriday. Those 27 states are mostly in the South and Southwest but include a growing number in the Northeast, Midwest and West. In Atlanta, Dr. Mark Griffiths describes the mix as a “viral jambalaya.” He said the children’s hospitals in his area have at least 30% more patients than usual for this time of year, with many patients forced to wait in emergency rooms for beds to open up.
“It’s so important for people at higher risk to get vaccinated," the CDC's Lynnette Brammer said in a statement Friday.
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