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Record level of flu in Massachusetts
By adamg on Thu, 11/19/2009 - 8:41am
A week after reporting flu-related emergency-room visits might have plateaued, WBUR today reports that flu cases have reached record levels in Massachusetts.
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Seems to be true
I'm not sure if you're implying that somebody has their facts wrong, but these two statements are not inconsistent. Here's the pertinent data for today's report: Percent of Visits Due to Influenza-Like Illness (Region 1)
Last week reported hospitalizations; I couldn't find the exact swine-flu hospitalization breakdown for our region, but national hospitalization for flu shows that at least nationally, this has peaked.
The former article even suggests the reason for both trends: that health officials have successfully gotten the message out that you don't need to hit the ER if you have the flu. Just see your doctor.