Hasselback said health officials are able to monitor only laboratory-identified cases of the flu and can't count each one that occurs in the community.
Health officials do caution that the flu vaccine can take up to 10 days to be effective after it is administered. In Riverside County, for example, there were 3,415 ambulance transports related to the flu, a spike of 31 percent above the average, local TV station ABC7 reported.
It continues to recommend getting the flu shot. While strains can still mutate in individual cases and render the vaccine ineffective for some people, the flu vaccine can also help lessen the severity of illness in some of these cases, said Dr. Robert Citronberg, infectious disease physician with Advocate Health Care.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the predominant strain of flu circulating is influenza A H3N2.
Hasselback expects the flu to be around for some time, and noted that each year it appears with "a different personality".
The Oregon Health Authority said last year was as record year for hospitalizations for the flu in the Portland metro area. This is based on the recent Australian epidemic, which saw twice as many reported cases and deaths as there were in the previous year.
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Sudden fever, runny nose and sneezing. "Even when there is a less than ideal match or lower effectiveness against one virus, the flu vaccine may protect against the other flu viruses". It's able to prompt your immune system to make antibodies against the flu, so it's ready in case you encounter the real the thing.
"You should get a shot", she said.
"With high levels of flu activity in Australia during their winter, and the potential for similar here, it is more important than ever that everyone who is eligible gets vaccinated".
The Harvard folks also debunked nine other flu myths here. There's still more you can do. That means washing your hands, using a hand sanitizer, and coughing or sneezing into a tissue or the inside of your arm.
An anti-viral prescription medication known as Tamiflu is available to both children adults suffering from the flu.
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