From USA Today:
The current strain of the flu has resulted in record-high hospitalizations and thousands of deaths, including at least 32 pediatric deaths so far. Last year, pediatric deaths reached nearly 300.
“The flu is not ‘just the flu.’ It is a serious and sometimes deadly virus,” Mojica-Santillan said. “I watched my niece suffer from complications of the flu − something so many people dismiss or underestimate.” Before her niece got sick, Mojica-Santillan said she didn’t realize how fast flu complications can develop or how unpredictable it can be, recounting how a trip to the emergency room with Destiny for feeling faint sparked a months-long battle with the virus.