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THE FLU CAME EARLY THIS YEAR
-- AND DOCTORS IN CENTRAL
TEXAS SAYS IT'S HERE TO STAY.
CASES IN THE STATE ARE
INCREASING, AND NUMBERS FROM
THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE
CONTROL SHOW A STEADY UPTICK
THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE
COUNTRY. KXAN'S ANGIE BEAVIN
OF THE VIRUS.
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"THE FLU CAN UNRAVEL
EVERYTHING ..."
..."A PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE CENTERS
FOR DISEASE CONTROL TO GET THE
WORD OUT ABOUT FLU SEASON.A
OFF TO AN EARLY START.
START.DR. ALBERT GROS\ST.
DAVID'S SOUTH AUSTIN MEDICAL
SAYS, "WE'RE ABOUT FOUR WEEKS
AHEAD ON THE UPTICK OF THESE
FLU CASES, SO THAT'S A LITTLE UNUSUAL."
ST. DAVID'S SOUTH AUSTIN
MEDICAL CENTER SAYS THEY'VE
THE FLU AND OTHER FLU-LIKE
ILLNESSES OVER THE PAST THREE WEEKS.
WEEKS.DR. JERRY FINCKEN SAYS,
"ONE IN FOUR THAT WE TEST IS
COMING BACK POSITIVE FOR THE FLU."
FLU."AT AUSTIN REGIONAL CLINIC
ONSET IS ALSO EVIDENT.
EVIDENT.LAST WEEK ARC'S LAB
PERFORMED NEARLY 500 FLU TESTS.
ONE QUARTER CAME BACK POSITIVE
FOR THE FLU.AND MONDAY, THE
LAB PERFROMED NEARLY 150
TESTS. ONE QUARTER OF THOSE
CAME BACK POSITIVE AS WELL.
DOCTORS ARE SEEING OTHER
VIRUSES SPREADING. BUT FLU
SYMPTOMS --
DR, JERRY FINCKEN SAYS,
"ABRUPT ONSET OF REALLY HIGH
FEVER, BAD BODY ACHES."
ACHES."DR. ALBERT GROS SAYS,
"FATIGUE, YOU JUST FIND IT
VERY DIFFICULT TO GET OUT OF BED."
BED."ARE USAULLY NOT HARD TO SPOT.
MONTHS OF AGE AN OLDER SHOULD
GET THE FLU VACCINE TO DEFEND
WEEKS TO GET FULL IMMUNITY
FROM THE SHOT - SO TAKE ACTION
EARLY -- SINCE THE VIRUS HAS.
HAS.DR. ALBERT GROS SAYS,
"IT'S HARD TO PREDICT WHAT THE
REMAINDER OF THE FLU SEASON IS
ONE."
THE GOOD NEWS IS -- DOCTORS
SAY THE DIFFERENT STRANDS OF
THE FLU THIS SEASON ARE WELL-
MATCHED TO THE VACCINES.AGAIN,
DOCTORS RECCOMEND EVERYONE 6
MONTHS AND OLDER SHOULD GET A