The flu season, as is the case every winter, is upon us. This year, however, it has hit especially hard around the United States. In the midst of an early-peaking, dangerous flu season, people around Minnesota and the country are being hospitalized at unusually high rates. Many predict that this flu season could hit harder than the H1N1 did just a few years back.
This season alone, 900 people in Minnesota have been hospitalized due to the flu, and nearly thirty have passed away, one notable one being a 14 year-old girl from Saint Louis Park. Experts are not yet sure when the flu is going to peak, but some believe that we are at the peak of the flu season, and some believe that we are weeks away. Whatever the case, many hospitals are at full capacity during this time of the year, and some have even sent patients away to other intensive care units simply because their hospital was already full.
During a winter like this, the spread of the flu is hard to avoid. The best things we can do, of course, are wash our hands and get the flu shot. Also, if you think you’re sick, stay home from work or school to help contain the virus.
Nathan Bonnema
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