Holiday buzzkill: The flu is just getting started here

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

EVERETT — The flu is here in time to ruin Christmas.

In Snohomish County, 15 people ages 8 to 91 have been hospitalized this flu season. There were 249 new confirmed cases during the one-week period ending Dec. 14, nearly double the number from the previous week.

“It’s spreading like wildfire,” said Dr. Yuan-Po Tu, who monitors influenza for The Everett Clinic.

Eight people have died from the flu in Washington, including a child. No deaths have been confirmed in Snohomish County so far this season. Last year there were 26 deaths in the county, and 362 people were hospitalized.

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1. I lived in Snohomish county for 5 years recently

Never got the flu, but there is lot of mold in the air because of frequent drizzle rains.
And mold causes allergies, lung infections and worse. Our house was brand new, yet the window sills were covered with mold during 6-7 months of rainy season. I took the time to clean the mold with diluted Clorox bleach fluids frequently.

[Aristus]

2. And I still have patients refusing the flu vaccine.

Had one guy, I shit you not, a former IV drug user, who said "I don't want that shit injected into my body!"

Sometimes, you just want God to bung a fork of lightning through the whole place, burn off the invasive, destructive human species, and start all over...