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Stats backing up the claim that this is a bad flu season

Michigan Public | By Stateside Staff
Published January 7, 2015 at 4:59 PM EST
3D model of a flu virus.
CDC

It seems like everyone is talking about the flu.

Dr. Matthew Davis is chief medical executive for the state Department of Community Health, and a professor at the University of Michigan.

Popular buzz has pegged this as a pretty miserable flu season. We ask whether the statistics back this up.

Listen to our conversation above.
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