KarlT
#1
Walgreen’s has a website that reports flu activity in the US. I think it’s actually following Tamiflu prescriptions.
Influenza A is currently rather active and unvaccinated people are getting rather sick from it.
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AnUser
#2
Here’s from July 2023 to June 2024 this year, we can see the whole winter season and others.
During the summer RV/EV and SARS-COV-2 is most positive.
Here during current season from July 2024 to end of Nov 2024 now
Relative large spread of RV/EV most recently seemingly starting after SARS-COV-2 decreasing.
If excluding those it looks like this:
Who knows what effects all of these different viruses have on i.e dementia risk of all kinds.
Rhinovirus and Enterovirus is spreading it seems by far the most. Adenovirus there’s a vaccine used by the U.S military.
Beth
#3
@KarlT I find this fascinating. I would have thought it would be worse in the cold north east where everyone is inside now.
Any thoughts on why it’s mostly TX and LA?
I rarely get the flu vax, but now that you are saying people are getting really sick, I’ll consider it.
TMI, but my reasoning is:
I live in a low density area without much exposure to kids, so I rarely get sick… and because I try to avoid covid, I figure that act alone reduces my chance of getting the flu, too. I have vocal cord dysfunction, and if I get sick, it sets off a cough that lasts for months!
PBJ
#4
I had Influenza A a few years ago. It was not much fun.
I just was on MyChart and noticed I had the flu vaccine 3 months before catching Influenza A. Not sure what to think of that.
KarlT
#5
My understanding is that the virus likes warm humid environments, and this time of year people in south may still be clustered inside in the AC.
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Vlasko
#6
It’s the opposite. It spreads more easily in drier air. But climate control with indoor heat or AC, or a dehumidifier is going to modify that, anyway.
Jonas
#7
LaraPo
#8
What’s the best flu vax to get? I read there a several of them
KarlT
#9
Hotez, is an expert, but a bit of a nut. He certainly could be right, but I doubt it, and I don’t rely on anything he says.
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KarlT
#10
There are several and they are similar in effectiveness, the main difference being that you should get the high dose variant if you’re over age 65.
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Jonas
#11
He is being very specific, it starts on Jan 21, the day after Trump Inauguration, sounded like a threat.
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