Early and Intense Flu Season in the US. Get your flu shot now!

If the flu hasn't gotten you yet, and you haven't gotten your flu shot, it time to get it. Now. Today. It's urgent. Today's headline in The Huffington Post reads: Flu Outbreak In 2013 Earliest, One Of The Worst In A Decade; At Least 18 Children Already Dead.

It's a bad year for influenza! Google flu map as at 24 December 2012.

The Google Flu map is a pretty good indicator of the severity of the flu season. And this year looks to be the most intense for influenza since Google started the flu trends project in 2006. The flu season usually peaks in February and it's not yet January, so

The Google Flu Map for December 1st 2012

The flu season has a long way to go. The google flu map, if correct, suggests that this may be a nasty year for the flu. The accompanying graph shows that the intensity is already high and it's very much on the rise. If you live in parts of the country that

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Professionals should protect themselves, their families, and their clients and or patients.

As a potential patient and as a friend, family and associate of other potential patients or newborns, and as a member of a community, I think it's vital that members of the health profession protect us all from the flu. I know there are lots of midwives, nurses and other healthcare professionals who have taken anti-vaccine positions. I do not wish the people I care about to be put at risk by the minority who reject science and reason.

As Nurses we need to protect our Patients and families. THE FLU CAN KILL YOU!