NEW MEXICO IS STARTING TO SEE AN INCREASE IN BOTH INFLUENZA-LIKE ACTIVITY AND CONFIRMED CASES OF THE FLU. DAVID SELVAGE WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS IT’S NOT TO LATE TO GET A FLU SHOT…AND THIS YEAR’S VACCINE SEEMS TO BE EFFECTIVE. HE SAYS SURVEILLANCE OF WHERE THEY COLLECT THE VIRUS SHOWS THE VACCINE IS A GOOD MATCH THIS YEAR.
SELVAGE SAYS THE DEPARTMENT TAKES INFLUENZA VERY SERIOUSLY…SINCE, IN SOME CASES, IT CAN CAUSE COMPLICATIONS…HOSPITALIZATION…AND EVEN DEATH.
