Nearly 18,000 cases have been reported so far, significantly more than the state's five-year cumulative average for this time of year.
Patty Machelor Arizona is seeing more influenza cases than the state has ever recorded this early in the season.
"The number of influenza cases in Arizona is concerning to public health as well as the clinical health care system," said Dr. Theresa Cullen, director of the Pima County Health Department. People are also reading… Vaccine effectiveness varies, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that flu vaccination typically reduces the illness risk by between 40% to 60% among the overall population when the virus is well-matched with the vaccine.
The efficacy rate reported by the CDC for this year's vaccine is about 50%. Efficacy refers to the vaccine's ability to produce its intended result, in this case minimizing influenza infections and symptoms. The surge in flu cases has prompted the Arizona Local Health Officers Association and hospital administrators to ask for the public's help in reducing the spread of not only influenza, but also COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV.
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