'This flu season is not mild': Public health directors urge Americans to get vaccinated as data show 19,000 people have been killed by the virus
Last year, the H3N2 flu strain ravaged the US, killing 80,000 people - more than died in the entire Vietnam War This year, it is a milder strain with fewer infections and deaths But new data show 19,000 people have died so far, and today health officials said they do not see it as 'mild' They urged people to get the flu shot even though it is just 47% effective It is unlikely we will have a universal flu vaccine within 5 years, despite Congress pledging $1 billion towards that goal By Mia De Graaf Health Editor In Washington, Dc For Dailymail.com
Published: 20:00 GMT, 16 February 2019 | Updated: 20:00 GMT, 16 February 2019
This flu season is far from mild, with 19,000 deaths already recorded this season, public health officials warned today.
There is less panic this year than last, when an aggressive strain killed 80,000 people – more than were killed in the entire Vietnam War – and the vaccine proved to be just 30 percent effective.
But experts fear a sense of ease will cause a drop in people getting the flu shot, which they warn is already having dire consequences.
'This year there have been 19,000 deaths due to influenza, and most of us wouldn't consider that to be mild,' Dr Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC's center for immunization and
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