Good evening and welcome to kqed newsroom. Im thuy vu. The number of deaths related to the flu continues to rise. Today, Californias Department of Public Health announced 202 people have died and 41 more cases are under investigation. Why is the current flu strain more potent than last seasons . Joining me to discuss the broader Public Health picture are lisa aliferis. Editor of kqeds state of health blog. And dr. Erika pan, director of Communicable Disease control and prevention for alameda county. Before we get into the discussion, Scott Schaefer went to visit a nearby vaccination clinic. Heres his report. Reporter since september the adult immunization and travel clinic in San Francisco has been encouraging people to drop in for a visit. Irene . Hi, how are you doing . Reporter even if it may sting a little. You ready . Yep. Okay. Just a little pinch. Reporter about 40 of californians get vaccinated during the flu season. Which runs from october through march in the u. S. This year,
Good evening and welcome to kqed newsroom. Im thuy vu. The number of deaths related to the flu continues to rise. Today, Californias Department of Public Health announced 202 people have died and 41 more cases are under investigation. Why is the current flu strain more potent than last seasons . Joining me to discuss the broader Public Health picture are lisa aliferis. Editor of kqeds state of health blog. And dr. Erika pan, director of Communicable Disease control and prevention for alameda county. Before we get into the discussion, Scott Schaefer went to visit a nearby vaccination clinic. Heres his report. Reporter since september the adult immunization and travel clinic in San Francisco has been encouraging people to drop in for a visit. Irene . Hi, how are you doing . Reporter even if it may sting a little. You ready . Yep. Okay. Just a little pinch. Reporter about 40 of californians get vaccinated during the flu season. Which runs from october through march in the u. S. This year,
Good evening and welcome to kqed newsroom. Im thuy vu. The number of deaths related to the flu continues to rise. Today, Californias Department of Public Health announced 202 people have died and 41 more cases are under investigation. Why is the current flu strain more potent than last seasons . Joining me to discuss the broader Public Health picture are lisa aliferis. Editor of kqeds state of health blog. And dr. Erika pan, director of Communicable Disease control and prevention for alameda county. Before we get into the discussion, Scott Schaefer went to visit a nearby vaccination clinic. Heres his report. Reporter since september the adult immunization and travel clinic in San Francisco has been encouraging people to drop in for a visit. Irene . Hi, how are you doing . Reporter even if it may sting a little. You ready . Yep. Okay. Just a little pinch. Reporter about 40 of californians get vaccinated during the flu season. Which runs from october through march in the u. S. This year,
Even if the plot is sometimes unclear, a subliminal message that there is far more that people have in common than what separates us provides a poignant touch.