Each strain also affects children differently. Flu A is more likely cause ear infections than Flu B, but Flu B can cause seizures, vomiting and diarrhea, Sherif Mossad, an infectious disease doctor at Cleveland Clinic, said to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

According to the Missouri Department of Health and Human Services, positivity rates are up to 35%, and there were nearly 15,000 cases in the week ending February 8th. At the same time, hospital visits for the flu increased by 5%.

It looked like it might have been possible it was going to be a mild flu season, but flu had something else in mind,” said Dr. Steven Lawrence, an infectious