{"id":1164425,"date":"2021-12-28T09:04:33","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T14:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1164425"},"modified":"2021-12-28T09:04:35","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T14:04:35","slug":"u-s-influenza-season-arrives-call-for-everyone-to-get-another-fresh-jab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-influenza-season-arrives-call-for-everyone-to-get-another-fresh-jab\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Influenza Season Arrives: Call for Everyone to Get (Another) Fresh Jab"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-influenza-season-arrives-call-for-everyone-to-get-another-fresh-jab%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1164425&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">The U.S. influenza season has arrived with hospitalizations rising&nbsp;and two child deaths reported, sparking&nbsp;the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to call for a mass vaccine campaign against the traditional winter malady.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is setting itself up to be more of a normal flu season,\u201d said Lynnette Brammer, who tracks flu-like illnesses for the CDC.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The childhood deaths, Brammer <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/coronavirus-pandemic-science-health-flu-8895782660eb8491856e81fd387d6591\">told<\/a> AP, are \u201cunfortunately what we would expect when flu activity picks up. It\u2019s a sad reminder of how severe flu can be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During last year\u2019s unusually light flu season, one child died. In contrast, 199 children died from flu two years ago, and 144 the year before that.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19283370\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1342295765.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19283370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1342295765-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Army veteran William Craig waits to see if he has a reaction after receiving a COVID-19 booster vaccine and an influenza vaccine at the Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital on September 24, 2021 in Hines, Illinois. (Scott Olson\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to the AP report,&nbsp;the most intense flu activity is in the nation\u2019s capital, Washington, D.C., and the number of states with high flu activity rose from three to seven.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>In CDC figures released Monday, states with high flu activity are New Mexico, Kansas, Indiana, New Jersey, Tennessee, Georgia and North Dakota.<\/p>\n<p>Some 2,500 cases from clinical tests nationwide were reported for the week that ended Dec. 11. That number is typical for this time of year, but it also represents a level of cases that has not been seen since before the coronavirus pandemic, the <em>New York Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2021\/12\/22\/us\/flu-cases.html\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s break from the flu made it more challenging to plan for this year\u2019s flu vaccine. So far, it looks like what\u2019s circulating is in a slightly different subgroup from what the vaccine targets, but it\u2019s \u201creally too early to know\u201d whether that will blunt the vaccine\u2019s effectiveness, Brammer said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll have to see what the impact of these little changes\u201d will be, Brammer said. \u201cFlu vaccine is your best way to protect yourself against flu.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Olivia Sandor&#8217;s doctor&#8217;s note read: \u201cI believe a COVID vaccine or another influenza vaccine will endanger her health and possibly her life. I believe she should avoid these vaccines indefinitely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The school still rejected her request for an exemption. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FDxFadajiL\">https:\/\/t.co\/FDxFadajiL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1418724626604216326?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There are early signs fewer people are getting flu shots compared with last year, according to CDC numbers. With hospitals already stretched by coronavirus and its omicron variant, it\u2019s more important than ever to get a flu shot and take other precautions, Brammer said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCover your cough. Wash your hands. Stay home if you\u2019re sick,\u201d Brammer said. \u201cIf you do get flu, there are antivirals you can talk to your doctor about that can prevent severe illness and help you stay out of the hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>AP contributed to this report<\/em><\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. influenza season has arrived with hospitalizations rising\u00a0and two child deaths reported, sparking\u00a0the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to call for a mass vaccine campaign against &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1164425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/82"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1164425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1164425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1164425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1164425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}