The signs are everywhere you look. Flu shots are being offered at every pharmacy, clinic and doctor’s office in town. Reports are that the 2012/’13 flu season was very bad. “Flu-related deaths range from 3,000 to 48,600 (average 23,600).” (www.flufacts.com/know/season.jsp) Will this year be worse? It is an exercise in sophisticated prediction projecting information regarding the upcoming season. Specific information, though, regarding the 2013 – 2014 year can be found on line at: www.cdc.gov/flu/about/season/index.htm
The Flu, a nickname for the technical term Influenza, is a respiratory infection that produces fever, chills, sore throat, muscle aches, and cough that lasts a week or more. The flu can be deadly for the elderly, the very young, and those with compromised immune systems (Source:www.nvic.org/vaccines-and-diseases/Influenza.aspx)