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An estimated 13,000 people have died from flu this season so far, including 57 children. The death toll could reach up to 65,000 by the end of the season, per preliminary estimates from the CDC .
"A lot of people have flu in the hospital, so that could be part of it." The situation is much the same in Los Angeles County, where this winter's flu season appears to be the most durable and ...
Changing strains of influenza mean predicting the winter flu season is difficult, experts say
Japanese women in Tokyo during the Spanish flu pandemic, 1919. Estimates for the death toll in China have varied widely, [292] [98] a range which reflects the lack of centralized collection of health data at the time due to the Warlord period. China may have experienced a relatively mild flu season in 1918 compared to other areas of the world.
“The flu season still has weeks to go, so they will still get protection from the flu shot if they get it soon,” he said. Last year, the flu led to 470,000 hospitalizations and 28,000 deaths.
However, unlike flu and RSV, COVID-19 has historically had two yearly peaks. “There’s a smaller one in the summer and then a somewhat larger one during the winter season.
The cost of a flu season in lives lost, medical expenses and economic impact can be severe. In 2017, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that the seasonal flu causes 290,000 to 650,000 annual deaths worldwide. [31] In 2003, the WHO estimated that the cost of flu epidemics in the United States was US$71–167 billion per year. [32]
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