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The loss of activity is equivalent to 15% of the US population becoming completely immobile for 1 day.
Adult COVID-19 patients also infected with the flu are 4 times more likely to need mechanical ventilation and 2.4 times more likely to die.
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Giving Tamiflu to 70% of nursing home residents within 2 days of an outbreak is linked to significantly fewer hospitalizations.
There have been at least 28 million illnesses, 360,000 hospitalizations, and 22,000 total flu-related deaths this season, the CDC estimates.
The findings suggest that while humor may resonate in specific contexts, people favored straightforward, factual information.
So far this season, 101 children have died of flu, roughly 85% of whom were unvaccinated.
The findings provide further evidence against the COVID-19 lab-leak hypothesis.
A total of 90 US children have died from flu-related complications this season, according to the latest CDC update.
The recommendation for vaccines for the next flu season includes a new influenza variant—subclade K—that started to increase last fall.
Levels of RSV also remain high in many areas of the US, while COVID-19 activity is waning in most of the country.
So far this season, the CDC estimates that there have been at least 24 million flu-related illnesses, 310,000 hospitalizations, and 20,000 deaths.
Children with the condition are also more likely to have severe infections, the study suggests.
