A flu vaccine is injected in Montreal, on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. TORONTO -- The Public Health Agency of Canada is reporting a significant increase in influenza outbreaks. A total of 162 outbreaks were reported in a three-week period, according to the agency’s report that looks at influenza activity across Canada.
“The sharp increase in the number of cases in recent weeks is likely due to the concurrent circulation of influenza A and B this season,” the report indicates. The strain is also affecting a primarily younger age group, with 59 per cent of influenza B cases affecting people under the age of 20. Thirty per cent affected people between the age of 20 and 44. “The majority of hospitalizations have been due to influenza A , and among those subtyped 87 per cent were influenza A,” the report reads.that Grade 12 student Blaine Ruppenthal died due to complications from influenza.
Stay home and quarantine yourself. Wear a medical mask if you go out or are around others while contagious. This is common sense.
because of poorly educated anti vaxxers that got their medical degree from Facebook. keep their dirty infested children out of school, no exemptions
Oh my God😟
PSA: GET YOUR FLU SHOTS FFS! AND YES, I'M SHOUTING.
The spike started just after people started getting the flu shot, weird?
Which season is not a flu season exactly?
I've never had 'the flu' in my adult life - got it this year
Jesus I thought that was A neck
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