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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Do you have a sniffle? Well, it is flu season. Annual flu viruses infect up to 20 percent of Americans, putting about 200,000 in the hospital with flu-related complications.

The cost of treating annual flu epidemics, including lost wages and productivity of workers, is billions of dollars each year in just the United States alone.



Today's Random Fact:

Flu viruses can live up to 48 hours on hard, nonporous surfaces such as stainless steel and up to 12 hours on cloth and tissues. They can remain infectious for about one week at human body temperature, over 30 days at freezing temperatures, and indefinitely at temperatures below freezing.

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Bonus Fact:

The single deadliest flu pandemic in history was the Spanish flu pandemic during 1918-1919. The Spanish flu killed more Americans in one year than the combined total who died in battle during WWI, WWII, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.