1. A flu 🧵 The season is picking up steam, specifically in the southern parts of the US. Louisiana is reporting that 19.3% of people tested for flu are positive for it — that getting into full-on flu season range. Nationally the rate is only 6.2%. From CDC's FluView. www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/i...

2. CDC reports that 5 more children have died from flu so far this season, bringing the total to date to 8. Kids are really driving infections at this point, as you can see in the graph on the left.