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Rhiannon12866

(250,599 posts) Mon Jan 5, 2026, 02:30 AM Jan 5

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 5 OP

that fucking quack Dr Oz Skittles Jan 5 #1

When I saw my doctor, he recommended the flu shot, so I got it Rhiannon12866 Jan 5 #2

I had a nasty case of the flu a couple of months ago. multigraincracker Jan 5 #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 5 #4

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

I agree, kudos to your wife. So glad that you got treated early, everyone assumed that when you got sick Rhiannon12866 Jan 5 #7

At that time she was my RN girlfriend. multigraincracker Jan 5 #10

That sounds like a perfect match! Rhiannon12866 Jan 5 #12

Turned into it. multigraincracker Jan 5 #13

I was a GI brat who sometimes went overseas Skittles Jan 5 #6

When they came out against vaccines, all I could think that this was another way to kill us off.. Rhiannon12866 Jan 5 #14

but it doesn't just kill the libs Skittles Jan 5 #15

The sickest I can remember being was with the flu. ... littlemissmartypants Jan 5 #8

Oh, I am so sorry! That sounds so awful! Rhiannon12866 Jan 5 #9

It was, Rhi. I was really scared. littlemissmartypants Jan 5 #11

That really does sound frightening. I only wish that I knew you then Rhiannon12866 Jan 5 #18

Awe! I would have loved that! 😍 littlemissmartypants Jan 5 #19

I get so scared when I read samplegirl Jan 5 #16

Oh, yikes! Please take care of yourself! Rhiannon12866 Jan 5 #17

Thanks Rhiannon samplegirl Wednesday #20