Flu activity continues to rise in Georgia and across the nation to the highest levels we’ve seen in more than a decade. Public health experts are linking many of the cases to a new strain, Subclade K, also known as the “super flu” — a mutation of influenza A (H3N2).
According to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated 7.5 million people have gotten sick this season. More than 81,000 have been hospitalized, and at least 3,100 people have died.
On Tuesday’s edition of “Closer Look,” program host Rose Scott talked with Dr. Jodie Guest, a professor and senior vice chair in the Department of Epidemiology at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health and School of Medicine.
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