This flu season is turning out to be so intense that the number of people seeking care at doctors' offices and emergency rooms has risen to levels not reported since the peak of the 2009 swine flu pandemic. That from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The MMC Now Clinic on Lascassas Pike Sunday was slammed with folks sick with the flu and other illnesses like strep throat. Even several mid-state school districts cancelled classes last week because of the number of sick children and staff.
Dr. Cindy Smith with Reeves-Sain Drug Store tells NewsRadio WGNS there are ways you can help stop the spread of flu this winter: