Flu Season Arrives Month Early

American Voices • Opinion • ISSUE 48•49 • Dec 5, 2012

Citing an uptick in influenza reports in the Southeast and Texas, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that flu season has arrived a month earlier than usual and noted that this year’s strain could be particularly troublesome for the elderly. What do you think?

“I’m not worried. I got a flu shot one year.”
Jay Kellener –
Road Supervisor
“Every year flu season seems to just get longer and more commercialized.”
Cyndi Strouse –
Formula Bottler
“Stay out of Texas and avoid the elderly. Done and done.”
T. Daniel Bronskill –
Bundle Weigher

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