Prognosis
It’s Not Over Yet: The Flu Is Still Spreading This Year
Last year’s calamitous season made this one seem pretty mild—until recently.
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Compared with last season, Americans could be forgiven for thinking that the 2018-19 flu season would end up being a quiet one. At this time last year, the rates of doctor visits and hospitalizations were finally starting to fall following a terrible three months during which thousands died.
But this year’s flu isn’t done with the U.S. yet. High levels of influenza were circulating in 33 states and New York City at the end of February, sickening residents and blanketing most of America’s South, where the illness typically first takes hold.