As I sat in the crowded town hall meeting last night, while the woman behind me coughed down the back of my neck (without covering her damn mouth) I thought about this article:
http://www.alloutdoor.com/2018/02/12/fl ... NewsletterThe report is a few weeks old. Let's hope the worst is behind us
"Deaths from influenza and pneumonia, which are closely tied to each other in the winter months, were responsible for 1 of every 10 deaths last week, and that’s likely to rise, Schuchat said in a conference call Friday.
There were 40,414 deaths in the U.S. during the third week of 2018, the most recent data available, and 4,064 were from pneumonia or influenza, according to the CDC data. The number for that week is expected to rise more reports are sent to the agency."**
** I'd imagine some the pneumonia deaths could be attributed to other than complications from this flu, so I'm taking that figure with a small grain of salt.