Flu Is Increasing Right Now — And These Regions Are Seeing The Biggest Spikes
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Experts predict that it's going to be a particularly bad flu season.
Most people in the country know someone who currently has, or just had, the flu.
Flu season arrives with the holidays, as parties and travel kick into high gear and colder weather sets in across many states. Like last year, though, this flu season is shaping up to be a bad one. While levels aren’t at a peak right now, certain regions are currently getting hit hard (and cases are rising overall).
Here’s where flu cases are the worst right now and why this year is expected to have high cases of the virus:
Cases are particularly increasing in states like Colorado, New York, New Jersey and Louisiana.
“In general ... if we look at the different wastewater monitoring systems, or if we look at the CDC’s influenza dashboard, we see that overall cases of influenza across the country are increasing,” said Elisabeth Marnik, the chief science officer at Those Nerdy Girls, an organization dedicated to sharing accurate health and science information.
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