Entire Country Suffering From Flu — Including All Of Wisconsin

Some health officials say the current flu outbreak is the most widespread problem they have ever experienced.  Wisconsin State Influenza Surveillance Coordinator Tom Haupt says all 50 states are being hit and that “has never happened before.”  In Racine, Wheaton Franciscan All Saints Hospital has handled 650 flu cases since last fall.  That is double the number the hospital had seen at this time last year.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say 20 pediatric deaths have been reported in this flu epidemic.  None of those were in Wisconsin.