Experts predict fewer flu deaths this year, thanks to COVID-19 prevention efforts
Flu activity “remains lower than usual” for the 2020-21 season, according to the CDC. Share Updated: 7:05 PM CST Dec 30, 2020 Korin Miller
Flu activity “remains lower than usual” for the 2020-21 season, according to the CDC. Share Updated: 7:05 PM CST Dec 30, 2020
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Show Transcript IMPORTANT THAN EVER. LIKE DOCTORS AT MANY MASSACHUSETTS HOSPITALS, THOSE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN’S ARE WATCHING THEIR ICU FILL UP DUE TO THE COVID SEARCH. I WORRY THAT WITH MORE PEOPLE GETTING SICK, WE WON’T HAVE CAPACITY TO CARE FOR PEOPLE IN THE ICU WHEN THEY REALLY NEED IT. LIKE AFTER A HEART ATTACK OR AFTER MAJOR SURGERY. DR. DANIEL SOLOMON SAYS THIS COULD HELP, NOT THE COVID VACCINE. YET THE TIME TESTED FLU SHOT. HE WORRIES AN INCREASE IN FLU INFECTIONS ALONG WITH COVID COULD MAKE A TERRIBLE SITUATION WORSE. THE BENEFITS OF THE SHOT ARE CLEAR, HE SAY
Here’s How Many People Actually Die From the Flu Each Year, According to Doctors
Flu activity “remains lower than usual” for the 2020-2021 season, according to the CDC. Mar 12, 2021
The flu has almost entirely disappeared this winter, with just over 1,500 cases reported in the U.S. since late September.
Flu season, which runs from October through May, usually results in millions of infections and thousands of deaths.
Doctors explain how COVID-19 prevention efforts have diminished flu-related deaths this year.
For a year now, the world has obsessively poured over news and statistics on COVID-19. Although cases of SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus, have seemingly plateaued among a rapidly expanding vaccination effort, there’s another story hidden just beneath the surface: The flu has almost disappeared this winter.
Bergen New Bridge Medical Center Launches Third COVID-19 Vaccination Program
The Medical Center is running three concurrent vaccination programs in addition to COVID-19 testing
Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco; Bergen New Bridge Long Term Care Resident Bob Cole; Bergen New Bridge Chief Long Term Care Officer Katie Richardson and Bergen New Bridge President and CEO Deborah Visconi celebrate Bob receiving the first long term care vaccine at the Medical Center.
Paramus NJ, Dec. 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) (Paramus, NJ) Bergen New Bridge Medical Center is running three concurrent COVID-19 vaccination programs in a focused effort to eradicate COVID-19. In addition to today’s newly launched long term care program, the Medical Center began vaccinating its staff with Pfizer’s vaccine on December 18. On December 28, after receiving 1,000 initial doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, and in partnership with the County of Bergen, Bergen New Bridge began vaccinating other healthca
Study of NJ shoppers suggests COVID tests reveal half the spread
Preliminary findings of a three-month study suggest that prevalence of the novel coronavirus in New Jersey could be twice as high as what s been conveyed daily since March through reports of positive test results.
The study that wrapped on Dec. 22 tested for the presence of COVID-19 antibodies in hundreds of people throughout Essex County, whether or not they had formally tested positive for the virus. Researchers randomly selected shoppers and, if they were willing to participate, asked them a short list of questions and grabbed a finger stick blood sample for testing.
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