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Kinds of numbers where this many kids have died. it has happened in the past and it'ser worth reminding people how deadly flu can be. especially in young children, the elderly, people who have some sort of underlying medical illness. it's a problematic disease. >> there are some reports of kids and adults who started as the flu and in one case ended up as septic shock. in another case it ended up as pneumonia. is flu the precursor? >> this is a good point. you can get a viral pneumonia. this is a flu virus causing a pneumonia. what happened in these cases often is if you look at the child. the...

Saturday. kelly: the flu virus in america wreaking havoc across the country. why this year's strain is proving to be more vicious than the last. >> we know that we're in about week nine since the season started then's about halfway through the season. so there's still a fair amount of flu left this year. with a sore back. but he's got work to do. so he took aleve this morning.

Unconscious on her bathroom floor. she had visited an urgent care and was sent home to get some rest. >> if young people hear this, they will realize that this is not to be trifled with and that they're not invincible. >> reporter: a study out of the university of maryland shows that the flu virus can be spread without even sneezing or coughing. nearly 40% of sick college students they tested were spreading the flu by simply breathing. >> simply breathing, that's going to alarm a lot of people. steve osunsami live outside cdc in atlanta tonight, steve you were telling us that health officials ...

>> reporter: the flu epidemic has come to this tonight -- using foggers to spray disinfectant on the walls. this san antonio day care is trying to fight the flu bug like the cockroach. >> if there's one kid in here with the flu virus and that kid sneezes or coughs, guess what? this entire environment is now contaminated. >> reporter: classes are cancelled for a week in this school district north of dallas after nearly a third of their kids came down with the flu. >> the flu is always severe but we have never seen it like this. >> reporter: this third grader in alabama died from the flu on the ...

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