This Is What a Flu Pandemic Looks Like

 

The 2017-2018 flu season shows no signs of letting up and is now within a rounding error of equaling the all-time high activity level recorded in the pandemic of 2009-2010, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

For the week ending Feb. 3, 2018, the proportion of outpatient visits for influenza-like illness (ILI) was 7.7%, which would appear to equal the mark of 7.7% set in October of 2009. The earlier 7.7%, however, is rounded down from 7.715%, while the current mark is rounded up from 7.653%, data from the CDC’s Fluview website show.

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