The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it’s too soon to say how severe this flu season will be, but the numbers show a rapid spread across the country, with 7.5 million sick, 81,000 hospitalized, and over 3,100 deaths.
Here in Georgia, health officials are concerned. Since Dec. 21, more than 300 people have been hospitalized with the flu across the state. Two people have died.
“We have had huge volumes in our urgent care really since right before Christmas, and you know it really kind of stretches us to the max, but that is what we are here for. We are here to take care of these people,” Wellstar urgent care physician Dr. Andrew Thornton said…