Flu Cases Up 15-Fold in Arlington This Season
It's not too late to get vaccinated.
Arlington has 77 confirmed cases of the flu so far this season, a more than 15-fold increase over the town’s five confirmed cases last season, Christine Connolly, the town’s director of health and human services, wrote in an email Thursday evening. And the 77 confirmed cases only represent a fraction of people in town who have had the flu, according to Connolly. “The confirmed cases are only those that are tested by a doctor or at a hospital,” she wrote. “The actual number of cases is expected to be much higher.” This flu season started in early December. The last flu season went from late March through early April, Connolly wrote. Boston Under ‘Public Health Emergency’ Arlington is one of many communities in Massachusetts experiencing a …
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Harriet
12:32 am on Saturday, January 12, 2013
sounds like you've been mixing scotch, whiskey, bourbon, and nitequil. YIKES more ›