Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/5u_A8o2SFNo   We’re all so busy coping with the seemingly endless waves of CoVid that another burst of infectious disease has escaped the public’s notice.  It’s the good ol’ flu.   Yes the influenza season, normally spanning November through March, has developed a new pattern this year.  Instead of peaking in January or February, there was a peak in December but yet another peak in April and May.     If you got your flu shot, it is still effective but that isn’t saying much.   The adjusted vaccine effectiveness of the influenza vaccine this year was 14% against Influenza A and 16% against Influenza A/H3/N2.  Fairly abysmal protection.   Since your flu vaccination isn’t very protective, your only defense against this airborne respiratory disease is….wait for it….masking indoors and avoiding crowds.  Sound familiar?   https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/weeklyarchives2021-2022/WhoNPHL19.html https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7110a1.htm   #influenza #vaccine #masking #distancing #