voices, it is a message of support and long may it continue in the face of all odds, i think. >> yeah, julia chatterley, we re expecting to hear from president zelenskyy tomorrow and it is a fine line he was to walk because he s thanking the allied countries for their help but saying i need more. this is not ending any time soon. >> i want to talk more about that because with us is steve haul. what bianna was saying there, there are all of these meetings around the world, they re talking about it in davos and washington today and the u.s. has a delegation in kyiv today shoring up support of one kind or another for ukraine. well, why? is there a sense that it needs shoring up and is that enough? is just the status quo enough at this point for ukraine to win? >> well, john, i think what this is reflective of when you hear all of the country s leaders, whether it is at davos or elsewhere, say we need to do
bianna. we re seeing declines in most areas when it comes to flu activity. but the takeaway message here is that the flu season is not over yet. we are still seeing significant levels of flu activity and when you look at the numbers, here is where we are now. so far this season, there have been at least 24 million illnesses, 260,000 hospitalizations. and sadly, 16,000 lives lost to flu so far this season. among those deaths, 79 were in children. and that is what stands out the most to me. it is so significant when you see the deaths in children. and we know that flu infection could turn deadly quickly in our youngest kids. i spoke with a mother in virginia who told me she lost her 3-year-old daughter to flu and her daughter s symptoms progressed within 48 hours leading to mucus in her lungs and sadly that life lost. so the takeaway here, because flu activity could last all the way up to may, it is important
to still get your flu vaccine if you haven t already. and, again, we re still seeing activity that we re going to watch closely in the coming months. >> stay home in your sick, take it seriously, flu could be very, very serious. jacqueline howard, thank you so much. >> and thank you all for joining us today. it is been fun with you. >> it is been great. >> let s do it tomorrow. >> let s do it. >> i m bianna golodryga. >> and i m john berman.. at this hour with kate bolduan begigins after this break. (brent) just tremendously satisfying to know that t we re doing somethig that s helping other people. every car company wants to sell you a car, but none of them give back like subaru. what the buck? when every buck matters, it matters who does your taxes.