Increase in Triad flu cases leads hospitals to restrict visitors 12 and under; 12 more deaths reported according to : Journalnow

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Hide Transcript Show TranscriptNasty bug: Wisconsin flu cases up 500 percent over same time last year ShareCopy Link CopyWEBVTT AST YEAR.THAT'S A DIFFERENCE OF MORE THAN700 CASES.AS NICK BOHR SHOWS US, IT'SSTILL NOT TOO LATE TO GET SOMEPROTECTION.>> THE LOCAL PHARMACIES HAVEBEEN BUSY.>> THERE ARE A LOT OF ILLNESSESGOING AROUND.THERE HAVE BEEN LOTS OF KIDS OUTSICK.THERE HAVE BEEN BAD COLDS MYFAMILY HAS HAD.THEY WERE TESTED FOR STREPTHROAT AND BRONCHITIS.>> SHE SAYS IT MAY BE THE FLU.>> LOTION FOR THEIR NOSES THATARE SORE.>> WITH NEARLY 1000 CONFIRMEDFLU CASES, WISCONSIN HAS HADFIVE TIMES THE NUMBER WE HADSTATEWIDE AT THIS TIME LASTYEAR.STILL, IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO GETA SHOT.>> THERE ARE A LOT OF MYTHS THATI GOT SICK WHEN I GOT THE FLUSHOT BECAUSE YOU GET THOSE MINORSYMPTOMS WHERE YOUR IMMUNESYSTEM IS REACTING, BUT IT ISGOING TO KEEP YOU OUT OF THEHOSPITAL.THE MORE PATIENTS WHO GET THESHOTS, MORE CHANCES THERE WILLBE LESS CASES OF INFLUENZAREPORTED.>> THE MILWAUKEE HEALTHDEPARTMENT SAYS IT MAY BE THATTHE FLU IS JUST PEAKING EARLYTHIS YEAR, AND IN THE END, WILLEVEN OUT.BUT KIM BLACKWELL IS GLAD SHEDIDN'T TAKE HER CHANCES.>> WE DID NOT KNOW IF IT WASGOING TO BE A BAD SEASON, SO WEWERE CONCERNED AND DECIDED TOGET THE FLU SHOT.>> DO YOU NORMALLY GET ONE?>> WE HAD IN FOR THE PAST FEWDEARS.-- FEW YEARS.>> DOCTORS AND PHARMACIES SAYTHERE ARE STILL OPPORTUNITIES TOGET THAT SHOT.THE FLU SEASON IN WISCONSIN

South Carolina among 28 states reporting high level of flu cases - Live5News.com

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennessee also are included in that same measuring area, the site states. The region that includes South Carolina also reported eight pediatric deaths. The most frequently identified influenza virus subtype reported by public health laboratories during the week was influenza A, also known as H3. If you are sick with flu, stay home from work or school to prevent spreading flu to others. The Palmetto State is one of 28 in the nation reporting a high activity of influenza-like illnesses, the Center for Disease Control says.



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