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"Central Florida health clinic workers said they are seeing as many as 10 times the normal number of flu patients this year.The Orange Coundy Health Department said emergency room visits from people with flu-like symptoms are up 150 percent more than last year at this time.Doctors at 21 Central Florida Centra Care clinics diagnosed 560 flu cases last week. They said there are some things everyone can do to help keep the spread of the flu bug under control.\"The most likely reason is it was a mild season last year. We've forgotten how bad the flu can be, so maybe there's been some apathy about getting flu shots,\" Dr. Timothy Hendrix said.Doctors said a flu shot can wipe out the virus 60 percent of the time. They also said this year's flu shot is an accurate mix of the three strains that are turning up at their clinics.\"We know for a fact that the virus that's in the flu shot -- the version is the same virus that's in the community,\" Hendrix said.Director of UCF Health Services Dr. Michael Deichen said 70 University of Central Florida students showed up on the first day of Spring semester suffering from flu-like symptoms. He said that's double the amount from last year.\"We like students, if they're sick, to stay home. That's another message we're trying to get out there to reduce transmission, and we're happy to help them with class excuses and things like that to help to reduce the pressure for them to attend class,\" Deichen said.Flu shots for UCF students and faculty are free at the Health Center.\u00A0Related: Fla. counties with the highest rate of flu deaths"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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