Last week U.S. influenza cases doubled. Said a Public Health Serviceman: "This attack is so widespread, I feel rather good about it." Reason: the cases were mild (TIME, Dec. 14), and people who get flu now will probably be immune if the bugs return later in more virulent form. Some "lucky" U.S. areas:
>In Washington, D.C., 90,000 people (one tenth of the population) have had flu since Thanksgiving.
>The Midwest was hard-hit. In some communities around Chicago, 30% of the people were sick.
>At least 23 New Jersey schools closed. A quarter of the workers at some Essex County war...
To continue reading:
or
Log-In
