Canada Pharmacy Shows Flu Season is to Start Late this Year

It took a lengthy period to get started, but this winter's flu season is after all here, say experts at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Flu Canada drugs are significantly in demand this time of the year. 

Why this year's flu season is starting so late is most likely the result of a complex set of circumstances that remain unclear, said Dr. Joseph Bresee, chief of the CDC's epidemiology and prevention branch in the CDC's influenza division. 

"It's probably related to several things and probably other things we don't understand well," Bresee said. "Mostly, it's related probably to the fact that flu is unpredictable. There are a lot of things about flu we don't understand." Nevertheless, if infected with flu, immediately buy Relenza while it is not yet complicated. 

These strains haven't evolved or mutated and are the same strains that have been circulating for the past few years, Bresee said. They also match the strains included in the flu vaccine over the past two years. 

Good vaccination coverage may be playing a role in flu's relative inactivity this year. "We have had very high vaccination rates in the last couple of years, and that probably dampens the amount of flu," Bresee said. "The underlying immunity of the population is probably higher than it usually is to the viruses we are seeing." 

"But there are a lot of things that play into it, most of which we don't understand but are thankful for," Bresee added. 

And does the late arrival of the flu herald its early departure this year? "It's hard to know if the late start to the flu season means that it will go on longer," Bresee said. Hence, spend wisely by buying from Canadian pharmacy. 

"We are getting a late start, but we don't know when the peak will be, if it will be a lower peak or a normal peak," he said. "We always can predict after the year is over, sadly." 

"So, the good news is that because of the late start, folks who haven't been vaccinated still have a chance to do so," Bresee said. "Since we are seeing a late start, most communities have the opportunity to get vaccinated ahead of the flu season." 

Everyone aged 6 months and older should get a flu shot, according to the CDC. 

Influenza, commonly referred to as the flu, is an infectious disease caused by RNA viruses of the family Orthomyxoviridae (the influenza viruses), that affects birds and mammals. The most common symptoms of the disease are chills, fever, sore throat, muscle pains, severe headache, coughing, weakness/fatigue and general discomfort. Although it is often confused with other influenza-like illnesses, especially the common cold, influenza is a more severe disease than the common cold and is caused by a different type of virus. Influenza may produce nausea and vomiting, particularly in children, but these symptoms are more common in the unrelated gastroenteritis, which is sometimes, inaccurately, referred to as "stomach flu." Flu can occasionally cause either direct viral pneumonia or secondary bacterial pneumonia. 

Typically, influenza is transmitted through the air by coughs or sneezes, creating aerosols containing the virus. Influenza can also be transmitted by direct contact with bird droppings or nasal secretions, or through contact with contaminated surfaces.

Airborne aerosols have been thought to cause most infections, although which means of transmission is most important is not absolutely clear. Influenza viruses can be inactivated by sunlight, disinfectants and detergents. As the virus can be inactivated by soap, frequent hand washing reduces the risk of infection. 

Influenza spreads around the world in seasonal epidemics, resulting in the deaths of between 250,000 and 500,000 people every year, up to millions in some pandemic years. On average 41,400 people died each year in the United States between 1979 and 2001 from influenza. In 2010 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States changed the way it reports the 30 year estimates for deaths. Now they are reported as a range from a low of about 3,300 deaths to a high of 49,000 per year.