There Are So Many Flu Victims, California Hospitals Are Setting Up Emergency Tents in Their Parking

Gizmodo ---------- A flu strain called H3N2 has sent thousands to emergency rooms in California—so many that hospitals are erecting tents to accommodate the all the extra patients, reports the LA Times. But it’s not just California where this virulent strain has struck—hospitals across the country report an uptick in cases, the CDC reports. It’s difficult to predict whether or not the flu vaccine in a given year will match well with the strains of flu viruses circulating in the general population, according to another CDC publication. Vaccines are typically less effective against the H3N2 strain, since it’s more likely to have mutated since the vaccine was created. Vaccines are about 32 percent effective on H3N2, versus 39 percent on all strains combined. To learn more click on the picture below to read the article.