The weather鈥檚 warming up, but flu season鈥檚 not quite over. Even if you already had the flu this season, if you feel ill, you could have it again. A second virus is making its way around New Mexico.
Joan Baumbach, an epidemiologist with the state鈥檚 , said children, elderly folks or people suffering from other illnesses are the most vulnerable. "We did have a pediatric death," she said. "We鈥檝e also had a number of non-pediatric deaths. If someone thinks they might have the flu鈥攐r, you know, one of your family members, loved ones鈥攜ou really want to see a health care provider as soon as possible."
Baumbach says anti-viral medications are essential to preventing bad outcomes, and hospital patients should be treated as soon as possible, even before influenza is confirmed through testing.
If you didn鈥檛 get a vaccination, you still can, and it might be helpful. If you already were vaccinated, you don鈥檛 need to do it again.
