Flu Patients Continue to Fill Doctors' Offices
A Kaiser Permanente physician said 15 to 20 percent of his day is spent with flu patients.
This flu season is different than previous years because of the sheer volume of people who are getting sick, according to an ambulatory medicine physician. Dr. Richard Ellin, who works at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Offices in nearby Alpharetta, said in the past two or three years, he'd see the occasional flu patient, maybe one or two a week. "This year, we are seeing anywhere from three to six a day and that's just me," Dr. Ellin said. "Fifteen to 20 percent of my day is the flu or complications from the flu. "Another thing is, we are seeing many more people who have got the flu shot who have gotten the flu," he said. "It's prevalent throughout metro Atlanta, and really throughout Georgia, and really pretty much throughout the whole …
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Liz Kennedy
4:42 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
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