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Medical experts more stressed over influenza than coronavirus
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Medical experts more stressed over influenza than coronavirus

KCCI's Marcus McIntosh talked with individuals from the local medical community and found that experts are more worried about the flu than the coronavirus. Dr. Loras Even, a doctor at Unity Point Southglen, said there has been a plenitude of influenza cases. "It seems to be school-aged kids. There are tons of them and it's going around schools like crazy," Even said. West Des Moines' mother Netta Cogniet knows this very well. She said all of her children got influenza shots, however, her kids got the flu anyway. "My youngest son got it first. I got a call from the school that he had a high fever of 102," Cogniet said. "I went to get him and the nurse said they were sending 12 kids home that day. Every one of the four of Cogniet's children had seasonal influenza simultaneou...