The NY Department of Health warned people to get jabs ‘as soon as possible’
Flu cases are ‘widespread’, it said, with almost 600 compared to last year’s 150
Over half of New York counties have reported cases of the ‘aggressive’ virus
New Yorkers have been urged to get their flu jab ‘as soon as possible’ as the state grapples with nearly four times as many cases as last year.
The New York Department of Health described the current outbreak as ‘early and aggressive’, and warned that it showed no signs of slowing.
There are were 596 confirmed flu cases recorded in the week ending October 1 — compared to just 150 this time last year.
Both figures are massive underestimates because flu is not routinely tested for in the same way Covid is.
Experts fear the early surge in flu – which is also happening in Washington D.C. and several southern states – will cause a ‘twindemic’ this winter when Covid is expected to rebound.
There has been barely any flu for the past few years after the virus was sidelined by the more infectious Covid virus and lockdowns shut it out also.
h/t Coastie Patriot