WebMD Medical News Laura J. Martin, MD Dec. 6, 2010 -- Flu
season is here, and so far Georgia is the state hit the hardest
by this year’s influenza virus, according to the CDC. “Georgia
is reporting high levels of influenza-like activity,” Anne
Schuchat, MD, director of the CDC’s National Center for
Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said at a news
conference. ” It gets a 10 of 10, and is leading the country in
terms of what we will be seeing.” The flu -- largely influenza
type B -- has been reported throughout Georgia, and been seen
mainly in school-aged children, she says. In the U.S., flu
season usually begins in the fall and runs through early spring.
It peaks anywhere from late November through March. “We know
that the flu season has started here in Georgia, and there has
been sporadic reporting of influenza-like viruses throughout the
country,” including the Southeast region of the U.S. and some of
the Western states, she says. “Places that don’t have as much
flu as Georgia will.” The good news is t