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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>San Franciscan veterinarians are seeing a spike in pet owners who are vaccinating their dogs against the canine flu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least 14 cases of the highly contagious illness have been confirmed in the region so far, including the city's first \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sfspca/status/954436968334569472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfspca.org%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on Jan. 19\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of those dogs are thought to have been infected by the flu in the South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.villagesquarevet.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Village Square Veterinarian Hospital \u003c/a>in Portola Valley and \u003ca href=\"https://woodsidevc.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Woodside Veterinarian Clinic \u003c/a>in Redwood City emailed their clients to suggest vaccinating any dog that typically receives \"kennel cough\" immunizations or spend a lot of time around other dogs -- in day care, walking groups or parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both clinics write: \"The vaccine is given twice (1st dose + booster after 2 to 4 weeks). After that, the vaccine is annual. The CIV vaccine we carry has efficacy against both the H3N2 and H3N8 strains. The earliest age the vaccine can be given is 7 weeks. The dogs are not considered to have full immunity until 2 weeks after the booster.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco SPCA Vice President of Veterinary Services Thomas Mason says symptoms include lethargy, coughing, runny nose, fever and occasionally pneumonia -- which can be costly to treat and even fatal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mason says the SPCA has vaccinated several hundred dogs since word of the sickness spread. Last year, it vaccinated just a handful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The focus again has been on vaccination because that's the one tool that we have that can potentially limit infection,\" says Mason. \"If a dog picks it up, the vaccine can help limit the severity of the symptoms.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mason says the SPCA is opening special vaccine clinics for its existing patients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Veterinarians and pet store clinics also offer the vaccine for the current strain, known as H3N2.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/flu/canineflu/keyfacts.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">says\u003c/a> its predecessor, H3N8, originated in horses and spread to dogs. And now it can spread from dog to dog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>H3N2 was first detected in South Korea in 2007 before making its way to the United States in 2015. It made headlines that year after an estimated 1,000 dogs in Chicago contracted the virus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The virus is not contagious to humans.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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Half of states are reporting especially intense flu activity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are currently in the midst of a very active flu season with much of the nation experiencing widespread and intense activity,” CDC Director \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/about/leadership.htm\">Brenda Fitzgerald\u003c/a> told reporters during a briefing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Based on the latest available data, the United States could be experiencing one of the most severe flu seasons in years, possibly similar to the severe 2014-2015 flu season, officials say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Flu is everywhere in the U.S. right now. There’s lots of flu in lots of places,” says \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/flu/resource-center/partners/flu-fighter-dan-jernigan.htm\">Dan Jernigan\u003c/a>, director of CDC’s influenza division.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11641899\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/map-influenza-season_custom-d71493400b36a6dd55decd73fe55e4e62260d8e2-s800-c85-800x444.png\" alt=\"Activity levels are based on the percent of outpatient visits in a state due to influenza-like illness (ILI) and are compared with the average percent of ILI visits that occur during weeks with little or no influenza virus circulation.\" width=\"800\" height=\"444\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11641899\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/map-influenza-season_custom-d71493400b36a6dd55decd73fe55e4e62260d8e2-s800-c85.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/map-influenza-season_custom-d71493400b36a6dd55decd73fe55e4e62260d8e2-s800-c85-160x89.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/map-influenza-season_custom-d71493400b36a6dd55decd73fe55e4e62260d8e2-s800-c85-672x372.png 672w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/map-influenza-season_custom-d71493400b36a6dd55decd73fe55e4e62260d8e2-s800-c85-240x133.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/map-influenza-season_custom-d71493400b36a6dd55decd73fe55e4e62260d8e2-s800-c85-375x208.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/map-influenza-season_custom-d71493400b36a6dd55decd73fe55e4e62260d8e2-s800-c85-520x289.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Activity levels are based on the percent of outpatient visits in a state due to influenza-like illness (ILI) and are compared with the average percent of ILI visits that occur during weeks with little or no influenza virus circulation. \u003ccite>(CDC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Officials cautioned, however, that the flu is very unpredictable. So there’s a chance the season could slow down quickly or end early, making it a more normal flu season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the most recent data show that the proportion of people rushing to their doctors to get treated for the flu has already hit 5.8 percent, which is as high as that number gets during the peak of a really bad flu season, the CDC says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, the rate at which Americans are being hospitalized for the flu almost doubled in the last week, to 22.7 for every 100,000 hospitalizations, according to the CDC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those are two of the key ways the CDC monitors the severity of a flu season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, 20 children have died from the flu, compared with a total of 101 last season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the 2014-2015 flu season, 40 million Americans got the flu, 19 million people went to the doctor to get treated for the flu, and 970,000 people were hospitalized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials, cautioned, however, that the hospitalization rate for the flu so far this year is slightly below the 2014-2015 rate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The main reason the flu appears to be so severe is that it’s a strain known as \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/flu/swineflu/h3n2v-cases.htm\">H3N2\u003c/a>. That strain tends to make more people sick, and the people who get the flu tend to get sicker. It’s especially dangerous for children and the elderly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When H3N2 is prominent, we tend to have a season with far more hospitalizations and deaths,” Fitzgerald says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To make matters worse, the vaccine may only be about 30 percent effective against that strain. That is better than the 10 percent effectiveness reported in Australia, which has its flu season before the United States does and often predicts what will happen in this country.[contextly_sidebar id=”4MZOLJhzksjVcDA9mhei7F3omWh17aQ9″]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nevertheless, health officials are urging people to get vaccinated. Any protection is better than none. And the vaccine may end up being more effective, especially if other strains of the flu become more common. The vaccine is more effective against those other strains. 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Holmes planned to go to work last week, but her flu symptoms — a cough, fever and severe body aches that worsened overnight — had other ideas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It felt like somebody took a bat and beat my body up and down,\" said Holmes, 39, who works as a residential life director at California State University-Sacramento. \"I couldn't get out of bed.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nation is having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/summary.htm\">flu season\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flu is widespread in 46 states, including California, according to the latest reports to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nationally, as of mid-December, at least 106 people had died from the infectious disease. \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-ln-flu-surge-20180106-htmlstory.html\">At least 27 Californians\u003c/a> younger than 65 had died as of Friday, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/CDPH%20Document%20Library/Immunization/FINALReport_201751.pdf\">seven of them\u003c/a> during the week before Christmas. 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This season's flu vaccine is likely to be less effective than in previous years.\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>U.S. flu experts say they won't fully know how effective this season's vaccine is until the end of the season. But Australia's experience suggests \u003ca href=\"http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1714916#t=article\">effectiveness was only about 10 percent\u003c/a>. In the U.S., it is 40 to 60 percent effective in an average season. Vaccines are less protective if strains are different than predicted and unexpected mutations occur.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>3. You should get the flu shot anyway.\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Even if it is not a good match to the virus now circulating, the vaccine helps to ease the severity and duration of symptoms if you come down with the flu. Young children are considered among the most vulnerable to complications from the disease, and a shot can \u003ca href=\"http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2017/03/30/peds.2016-4244\">significantly reduce a child's chances of dying\u003c/a>. High-dose vaccines are recommended for elderly people, who also are exceptionally vulnerable to illness, hospitalization and death related to the flu, according to the CDC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Some protection is better than no protection,\" Bergen said, \"but it's certainly disappointing to have a vaccine that's just not as effective as we'd like it to be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shots may still be available from your doctor or local health clinic, as well as at some chain drugstores. Check the \u003ca href=\"https://vaccinefinder.org/\">Vaccine Finder website\u003c/a> for a location near you.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>4. 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