Massachusetts, as I noted yesterday, has had its first pediatric deaths from flu this winter:
The flu has been associated with the deaths of four children in Massachusetts, health officials reported Tuesday as cases continue to surge in the state.
Two of the four deaths were of children under the age of 2 in Boston, according to the Boston Public Health Commission.
The Hill offers this map for the week ending December 27:
“It is not too late to get a flu shot,” said Dr. Andrew Pekosz, a virologist and professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, said during a media briefing in December. “We’re really at the beginning of the influenza season here in the U.S.”
Please, please, ensure your family is vaccinated. This flu is putting people into the hospital and is killing people, including children. From ABC News yesterday:
The CDC estimates there have been 120,000 hospitalizations so far this season, a 48.1% increase from the prior week.
Additionally, the CDC says there have been at least 11 million illnesses and 5,000 deaths due to flu so far this season, including at least nine pediatric deaths.
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