For the past four weeks, many have been getting sick and most of them experienced some flu-like symptoms. Influenza is still right on the corner since it is winter but doctors are not saying that its rate has finally gone up. What doctors want you to do is to be prepared and get your flu shot right away since it is the season when influenza is usually at peak.
In an article published by The North Jersey, doctors don't want everyone to panic if they see a lot of people get sick with flu today. It just looks like it is influenza but the truth is that it is more like a respiratory syncytial virus that infected those people. Its symptoms are close to influenza but it is still not and doctors are saying that it is too soon to tell the kind of flu season America is experiencing now.
For those who are wondering how one could prevent RSV, Dr. Thomas Birth of Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck said that there is no vaccine for it yet. But influenza itself could be prevented, which is why it is highly recommended to take your flu shot this season before you even get infected.
Winter is the time of the year when flu is rampant that 80 to 90 percent of its kind could be experienced by anyone who is not protected. But don't be fooled if you've noticed a lot of people getting sick lately. Local doctors say it's still too early to tell what kind of flu season we're in for, despite an uptake in a flu-like respiratory illness in the North Jersey area over the past month.
Every department of health in America is urging everyone to get their flu shots to be safe than sorry. Aiken Standard also confirmed this report saying that this is the CDC's part of providing awareness to people regarding influenza.
