VIDEO: 700 cases of flu prompt Boston to declare emergency
Submitted by emalvini on Fri, 01/11/2013 - 13:21VIDEO: 700 cases of flu prompt Boston to declare emergency
USA TODAY
Elizabeth Weise and Melanie Eversley
11:10a.m. EST January 10, 2013
Boston declared a flu emergency Wednesday morning after health officials reported 700 confirmed cases in the city, 10 times the total number for the previous flu season.
A severe flu season prompted Boston Mayor Thomas Menino on Wednesday to declare a public-health emergency in the city.
Boston health officials have confirmed 700 cases of flu — 10 times the number for the entire flu season last year.
"This is the worst flu season we've seen since 2009, and people should take the threat of flu seriously," Menino said in a news release.
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I have a question
How is it that medical industrial care is so expensive when people are lining up at hospitals / clinics for a flu?? Must not be that expensive.