Good news on the flu front

This year the flu season started a few weeks earlier than anticipated in Europe, but thankfully it hasn't been too severe so far. And as for in the U.S., the season actually started a little late by a few weeks (I'm impressed they can call it down to the week anyway) and so far the vaccine has been keeping up with demand. Also pleasantly surprising is the fact that we know the flu vaccine mutates regularly (which is partly why each year is so risky when it comes to whether or not the vaccine is going to be effective) but this year it looks like the majority of flu strains are ones that were expected, and that the vaccine is effective against.

In the U.S. the flu season starts in October and goes through March, so we're over halfway through. Somebody tell that to the guy in this photo...