Why Is The Flu So Bad This Year? | CNBC

Why does the flu seem to be so bad this year? And why doesn't the flu shot seem to be doing the trick? With Dr. Tom Frieden, former CDC director and now president/CEO of non-profit, Resolve to Change Lives.
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Why Is The Flu So Bad This Year? | CNBC

[@Kenz3]

When your in collage u don’t have a choice to show up most teacher don’t care if ur sick if u don’t show up you fall behind fast

[@kasbas5922]

Well I live all the way in the Middle East and every person I've met here had a serious flu this winter, I don't think that's a coincidence !!

[@julietjowett4407]

Kak Kak I was just wondering about global numbers and strains ...

[@lemonlimesnout]

Kak Kak well the virus can spread through the air so...

[@lemonlimesnout]

no i meant air, as in the thing you breath. the flu is a respiratory infection which would make sense if it transmitted through the air.

[@julietjowett4407]

rainbow snout like pseudamomus

[@stevenrowson4339]

I get flu vaccine every year in Europe - I assume the same one as in the US, no brain damage so far!!!

[@laurieannyandabyrd5402]

It's not your lying

[@stephanietaft-bekman7068]

Coming from Oklahoma, with a lot of birds deaths before the outbreak and still today+ bogs and cats, gitting sick and still geting sick and some deaths of the animals, I would say we have some form of bird flu going around?

[@thetunacan3247]

It all seems curious. But hey - trust the media - they won't lead you astray.