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Rhiannon12866

(256,323 posts) Mon Jan 5, 2026, 03:30 AM Jan 2026

Why the flu season is so bad and how you can protect yourself - PBS NewsHour [View all]

We are entering peak flu season, and a new variant known as subclade k is spreading quickly across the country, driving a sharp rise in illness and hospitalizations. Public health officials say this current wave may last for weeks to come.

William Brangham discussed the variant and what to look out for this flu season with Dr. Andrew Pekosz of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. - 01/02/2026.

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Why the flu season is so bad and how you can protect yourself - PBS NewsHour [View all] Rhiannon12866 Jan 2026 OP

that fucking quack Dr Oz Skittles Jan 2026 #1

When I saw my doctor, he recommended the flu shot, so I got it Rhiannon12866 Jan 2026 #2

I had a nasty case of the flu a couple of months ago. multigraincracker Jan 2026 #3

During Covid I ended up in the ER (doctors' offices were shut down) as about as sick as I've ever been Rhiannon12866 Jan 2026 #4

I was very lucky my wife made me go to the ER multigraincracker Jan 2026 #5

I agree, kudos to your wife. So glad that you got treated early, everyone assumed that when you got sick Rhiannon12866 Jan 2026 #7

At that time she was my RN girlfriend. multigraincracker Jan 2026 #10

That sounds like a perfect match! Rhiannon12866 Jan 2026 #12

Turned into it. multigraincracker Jan 2026 #13

I was a GI brat who sometimes went overseas Skittles Jan 2026 #6

When they came out against vaccines, all I could think that this was another way to kill us off.. Rhiannon12866 Jan 2026 #14

but it doesn't just kill the libs Skittles Jan 2026 #15

The sickest I can remember being was with the flu. ... littlemissmartypants Jan 2026 #8

Oh, I am so sorry! That sounds so awful! Rhiannon12866 Jan 2026 #9

It was, Rhi. I was really scared. littlemissmartypants Jan 2026 #11

That really does sound frightening. I only wish that I knew you then Rhiannon12866 Jan 2026 #18

Awe! I would have loved that! 😍 littlemissmartypants Jan 2026 #19

I get so scared when I read samplegirl Jan 2026 #16

Oh, yikes! Please take care of yourself! Rhiannon12866 Jan 2026 #17

Thanks Rhiannon samplegirl Jan 2026 #20