The peak of the flu season has arrived early this year, and more than 100 million people have been vaccinated

The peak of the flu season has arrived early this year, and more than 100 million people have been vaccinated. Thomas Reeden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said on the 3rd that the United States...

The peak of the flu season has arrived early this year, and more than 100 million people have been vaccinated. Thomas Reeden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said on the 3rd that this year's flu season in the United States has reached its peak at least a month earlier than in previous years, but more than 100 million people have been vaccinated so far. Data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that between November 18 and 24, about 2.2% of patients nationwide sought medical treatment due to flu-like symptoms. In some southern states, this rate was as high as 4%. Frieden said this was at least a month earlier than a typical year when flu cases would rise significantly. According to Frieden, the main influenza virus circulating this year is H3N2, and this virus usually causes more serious influenza epidemics. Fortunately, this year's influenza vaccine matches the H3N2 influenza virus. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that the government has distributed 123 million doses of influenza vaccine to medical institutions, and about 112 million people have been vaccinated; among doctors, nurses and pharmacists, the vaccination rate exceeds 80%, and about half of pregnant women have also been vaccinated. The flu season in the United States generally starts in October and ends in April of the following year. During a typical flu season, an average of about 36,000 people die and 200,000 people are hospitalized in the United States.