Early flu season accelerates; no peak yet, CDC says: http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/04/16329989-early-flu-season-accelerates-no-peak-yet-cdc-says?lite Edited Jan 4, 2013 by JustBeachyNurse add title of article linked 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jan 4, 2013 by brownbook 1 Follower; 3,217 Posts; 45,156 Profile Views THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU (yes I am shouting with all caps). Wonderful post. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jan 4, 2013 by nurseprnRN, BSN, RN 2 Articles; 11,114 Posts; 14,570 Profile Views "More telling, for people who reported both flu symptoms and vaccination status, of those who got the flu, three out of four were not vaccinated, while a quarter had gotten their flu shots. Brownstein cautioned that can't be used as a true measure of this season's vaccine efficacy because of variables in reporting. But the CDC says that in the 2010-2011 flu season, vaccine effectiveness was about 60 percent for all age groups combined." So, to recap, in this group, a lot of people who had an "immunization" got sick anyway, and overall last year the chances of your getting the flu if you had the "shot" was not that far from "coin flip." Oh--kay. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jan 4, 2013 by brownbook 1 Follower; 3,217 Posts; 45,156 Profile Views I believe your facts. So is the CDC just plain wrong and no one should needs a flu shot? Confused! 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jan 4, 2013 by olddragger olddragger specializes in emergency, psy, case management. 77 Posts; 2,517 Profile Views Here is a weekly report from the CDC showing that the confirmed cases of influenza is actually down for the latest week reporting http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/weeklyarchives2012-2013/images/image521.gif Sometimes I believe that people confuse influenza like illness ( ILI, or the flu) with true influenza? Yes more people are c/oing of more influenza like illnesses but that does not mean influenza. Don't I interprete that correctly? Ili is defined by CDC as a fever of 100F orally associated with a sore throat or cough. To say Ili is the same as influenza is confusing for me? Edited Jan 4, 2013 by olddragger 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jan 5, 2013 by morte, LPN, LVN 1 Follower; 6,981 Posts; 32,609 Profile Views Here is a weekly report from the CDC showing that the confirmed cases of influenza is actually down for the latest week reporting http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/weeklyarchives2012-2013/images/image521.gif Sometimes I believe that people confuse influenza like illness ( ILI, or the flu) with true influenza? Yes more people are c/oing of more influenza like illnesses but that does not mean influenza. Don't I interprete that correctly? Ili is defined by CDC as a fever of 100F orally associated with a sore throat or cough. To say Ili is the same as influenza is confusing for me? Whatever presentation makes it "look" the way the reporter/PTB want it to. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jul 24, 2013 by channtheman 17 Posts; 1,034 Profile Views The CDC also lumps in influenze and all influenza like illnesses such as pneumonia, etc. in with their stats when they talk about the 36,000 people who die from the flu every year. Just to recap, they claim 36,000 people die from the flu every year but are including deaths that may not even be from the flu in that number. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jul 26, 2013 by green34 444 Posts; 5,066 Profile Views I like my vaccinations. Even of they are effective against one strain, then I am willing to take that protection. I see too many confirmed flu cases a year in triage. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jul 29, 2013 by amoLucia amoLucia specializes in LTC. 5,204 Posts; 46,063 Profile Views I had real flu several years ago. NEVER EVER want to go thru that again! Was soooooo sick with all the headache & body aches. RN here who was ready to have a spinal - never recognized it as flu. Boy, did my NP have a good laugh with me when she prescribed chicken soup and lots of juice! Ever since then, I'm the first one in line! 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jul 31, 2013 by green34 444 Posts; 5,066 Profile Views That is one thing that drives me nuts. You don't have a 24 hour flu. That is probably food poisoning. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites