{"id":29544,"date":"2018-01-09T09:05:08","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T14:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=29544"},"modified":"2018-01-09T09:05:08","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T14:05:08","slug":"flu-outbreak-medicine-shortages-and-a-rising-death-toll-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=29544","title":{"rendered":"Flu Outbreak: Medicine Shortages And A Rising Death Toll In California"},"content":{"rendered":"

Flu Outbreak: Medicine Shortages And A Rising Death Toll In California<\/a><\/h3>\n
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A severe flu outbreak has struck California making the medicine used to treat the illness sparse, and filling emergency rooms with those suffering from the symptoms. The death toll is also rising rapidly as more and more people are succumbing to the virus.<\/p>\n

According to the LA Times,<\/em>\u00a0<\/a>health officials said Friday that 27 people younger than 65 have died of the flu in California since October, compared with three at the same time last year. Nationwide and in California, flu activity spiked <\/a>sharply in late December and continues to grow. For example, the emergency room at UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica typically treats about 140 patients a day, but at least one day this week had more than 200 patients mostly because of the flu, said the ER\u2019s medical director, Dr. Wally Ghurabi.\u00a0\u201cThe Northridge earthquake was the last time we saw over 200 patients,\u201d Ghurabi said.<\/p>\n

The flu\u00a0season normally peaks in February, but experts claim that this year, it\u2019s peaking early, and that\u2019s why there have been so many flu victims.\u00a0 The flu season is typically worst around February<\/a> but can reach its height anytime from October to April. Though influenza had only killed three Californians at this time last year, it had taken 68 lives by the end of February, according to state data.<\/p>\n

Many California doctors, however, maintain that the recent surge has been unusually severe. \u201cRates of influenza are even exceeding last year, and last year was one of the worst flu seasons in the last decade,\u201d said Dr. Randy Bergen, clinical lead of the flu vaccine program <\/a>for Kaiser Permanente in Northern California.<\/p>\n

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