{"id":15064,"date":"2020-04-27T15:37:25","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T19:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/?p=15064"},"modified":"2020-04-27T16:09:11","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T20:09:11","slug":"h3n2-killed-more-than-80000-americans-in-2017-2018-flu-season-and-caused-959000-hospitalizations-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/h3n2-killed-more-than-80000-americans-in-2017-2018-flu-season-and-caused-959000-hospitalizations-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"H3N2: Killed More Than 80,000 Americans in 2017-2018 Flu Season and Caused 959,000 Hospitalizations in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"604\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wuhan-covid-19-vaccinator-2020-1024x604.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wuhan-covid-19-vaccinator-2020-1024x604.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wuhan-covid-19-vaccinator-2020-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wuhan-covid-19-vaccinator-2020-768x453.png 768w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wuhan-covid-19-vaccinator-2020-1536x906.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wuhan-covid-19-vaccinator-2020.png 1649w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/10\/01\/health\/flu-deaths-vaccine.html\" class=\"aioseop-link\">New York Times<\/a> and the CDC over 80,000 Americans died of the flu in the winter 2017\/2018 flu season.  Most died of H3N2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"845\" height=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/nytimes_donald_g_mcneil_jr_over_80000_americans_died_of_flu_last.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/nytimes_donald_g_mcneil_jr_over_80000_americans_died_of_flu_last.png 845w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/nytimes_donald_g_mcneil_jr_over_80000_americans_died_of_flu_last-300x255.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/nytimes_donald_g_mcneil_jr_over_80000_americans_died_of_flu_last-768x653.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2018\/02\/10\/american-flu-deaths\/\" class=\"aioseop-link\">Fortune<\/a> the flu killed up to 4,000 Americans each week during the 2017\/2018 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"843\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/fortunecom_magazine_2018_h3n2_flu_killing_up_to_4000_americans_a.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/fortunecom_magazine_2018_h3n2_flu_killing_up_to_4000_americans_a.png 843w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/fortunecom_magazine_2018_h3n2_flu_killing_up_to_4000_americans_a-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/fortunecom_magazine_2018_h3n2_flu_killing_up_to_4000_americans_a-768x542.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Please also see Wikipedia&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2017%E2%80%932018_United_States_flu_season\" class=\"aioseop-link\">2017\u20132018 United States flu season<\/a> or the archive made today at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200427193212\/https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2017%E2%80%932018_United_States_flu_season\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200427193212\/https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2017\u20132018_United_States_flu_season<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please exercise your free speech in the comments section below. 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