A retrospective of the deadly 2022?2023 flu year and the importance of vaccination, hygiene, and how to make it through the next year safely







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*Sick and Tired: Reflecting on a Deadly Flu Year [ [link removed] ]*

*A retrospective of the deadly 2022?2023 flu year and the importance of vaccination, hygiene, and how to make it through the next year safely. [ [link removed] ]*

For Washington state, the 2022?2023 flu year was the deadliest in the past 5years. 261 people died from the flu: 256 adults and 5 children.

Nationwide, between 19,000 and 56,000 people died, with as many as 640,000 people hospitalized. This is a very sad loss for many families across the country. In Washington, flu cases went up starting in late October 2022 and were at their highest only a month later. Flu seasons can worsen quickly.

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