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This is for #TeamMaddy and the support of a very special, loving, and spunky kid! She is a survivor
11/26/2025
As flu season gets underway, global health experts are increasingly worried about a NEW STRAIN of the virus that popped up in June — four months after the makeup of this year’s flu shots had been decided.
The new strain, a version of H3N2, is causing outbreaks in Canada and the U.K., where health officials are warning about the early wave that’s sending people to the hospital.
The annual flu shot doesn’t prevent people from getting infected with the flu. But can lessen the severity of the illness. Last year, the vaccine was up to 55% effective in keeping adults with the flu out of the hospital.
Of note: Last season was one death shy of the worst non-pandemic flu season (2009). Further, 90% of the 287 children under 18 that died were NOT fully vaccinated and 50% that died were perfectly healthy (like Alana).🙁.
Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious diseases expert at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, encourages people to get the shot anyway.
“All of the data over previous decades shows that even if there is not a close match, use of the vaccine continues to prevent hospitalizations, intensive care unit admissions and continues to help keep people out of the cemetery,” he said.
Read all about it here:
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/evere-flu-strain-h3n2-us-response-outbreaks-canada-uk-rcna243431
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Miracle Maddy
This page is for the family and friends of Madison Morrison who was in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at CHOC Hospital in Orange, California. The family started their journey on February 4, 2018 when Madison was rushed to PICU after having over 20 seizures in one night, a stroke, and encephalitis which caused her brain to swell. Later we discovered that this was caused by the Flu. Three surgeries were performed, one was for preventative monitoring and the other was explained by the Chief Medical Neurosurgeon as an emergency surgery to save Madison's life. The surgery performed was a frontal lobe bone flap, in where the front portion of the skull was removed to allow the brain to release swelling and pressure. Madison was put into a medically induced coma, and on life support. Through the next few months Maddy has recovered slowly, as she had to re-learn how to talk, eat, walk, etc. This is a very difficult time for the family, causing extreme depression and utter disbelief, but together the family will fight right along side Madison! With God by our side we will overcome this! Please take a moment today to say a prayer and talk to God for Madison. Thank you all for your love, prayers, and thoughts.
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