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.

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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