flu trends 2012

Seem like everyone around you is getting sick and that there is a lot of flu around this year? Well, you are probably correct. Just pulled the pic below from Google's Flu Trends, and as you can see, this year is not only substantially worse than other years but it is earlier in the year too (apart from the good 'ol swine flu year!). Sadly, it does not appear to be on the down slope just yet, either. As you can see, almost the whole country is currently classified as 'intense'. Good times! I joined the party this year as did most of my family it seems!