#flu epidemic

[willowreader]

Nationwide epidemic declared in Japan as flu season hits early

The government has declared a nationwide flu epidemic, prompting calls for vaccinations and heightened vigilance.

This is worrisome. I am getting my flu shot next week and hoping that it provides me with some protection.

[sotwk]

That "terrible flu season" everyone has talking about for months in frightened whispers, as if it were the baba yaga?

It finally got me, guys. It completely demolished me, then managed to also flatten all 6 feet and 3 inches of my husband. Then it went for my 5-year-old but somehow *knock on wood* skipped my 3-year-old like the Angel of Death at Passover.

It's now Day 6 of the ordeal for me so I have a tiny bit of my good humor back. But I was hospitalized via ER for a couple of days, so that tells you it got really dicey for a while.

Anyway, that explains my silence over the past week or so. I can't even remember what I'm meant to be doing on here, what I'm supposed to be writing or making responses to. But thanks to everyone for their patience and support! Please stay safe and healthy!

[gwydionmisha]

The U.S. is officially in a flu epidemic, federal health officials say. They're preparing to deploy troops and ventilators if necessary

Flu hospitalizations are higher now than in every other flu season for over a decade, CDC officials said on a press call.

[hollywoodlady]

Because of the current flu epidemic, Warner Bros. stars Andrea King and Bob Alda rehearse their love scenes for 'The Beast with Five Fingers' while donning masks to prevent the spreading of germs. Caution is thrown to the winds when the final take is made.

[anignoredgirl]

[newyorkthegoldenage]

The Weekly Bulletin of the NYC Department of Health on November 9, 1918, urging New Yorkers to keep their bodily fluids to themselves. Below the title, it reads, “Public health is purchasable. With natural limitations a community can determine its own death rate.”

In the end, 4.7 of every 1,000 New Yorkers died of the 1918 influenza, a lower rate than those of other cities on the East Coast: 6.5 in Boston and 7.4 in Philadelphia.

New York City Municipal Archives via the NY Times

[thisdayinwwi]

100 years ago in Spokane: Health officials declare end of 1920 flu epidemic

A Spokane Daily Chronicle headline announced, “Flu Epidemic Over; Call Off Restrictions.” Feb 20 1920

[toboewhisker]

Nothing says College Dorm Life better than back-to-back cases of asthmatic bronchitis and the flu. I’ve been here for a month, and I’ve been sick for a month.

Is it a sign of what’s to come for my remaining 3-5 years? Let’s hope not.