A total of 114 children have died from the flu this season.

I am beginning to get the picture children don't have a chance in the USA. They don't have a chance in the classroom in case a "madman with a gun" drops in and they don't have a chance when a sincerely vicious flu exists. 114 children. I doubt their families care who Sam what's his name is.

March 2, 2018
By Kim Painter

The most intense nationwide flu outbreak (click here) in a decade appears to be losing steam, but it killed an additional 17 children, bringing the total to 114 pediatric deaths, federal health officials reported Friday.

The flu remained widespread in 45 states in the last full week of February, down from 48 the week before, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.

Fewer people showed up at doctors' offices with flu-like symptoms. Such visits made up 5% of all outpatient visits, down from 6.4% the week before. 

A few weeks ago, that number was at 7.7%, the highest since the swine flu pandemic of 2009....