去年这个时候，一家医院有9例流感病例。今年，它有1400多个

去年这个时候，一家医院有9例流感病例。今年，它有1400多个

When Donna Bonin's 13-year-old son recently came down with a sky-high fever, she thought to herself: This can't be the flu. It's November.

当唐娜·博宁13岁的儿子最近发高烧时，她心想：这不可能是流感。现在是十一月。

But Bonin is an experienced mother of seven, and she'd never seen any of her children so sick. She brought Adrian to the emergency room at Children's Hospital New Orleans, where he was, indeed, diagnosed with influenza.

但博宁是一位有7个孩子的母亲，她从未见过自己的孩子病得这么重。她把艾德里安带到新奥尔良儿童医院的急诊室，在那里，他被确诊为流感。

At Children's, they've seen more than 1,400 cases of the flu so far this season, compared to nine cases at this time last year.

在儿童医院，这个季节到目前为止，他们已经发现了1400多例流感病例，而去年同期只有9例。

At Ochsner Health System, the largest nonprofit health system in Louisiana, there were 6,909 cases of the flu in November -- that's 1,385% more cases than what it saw in November 2018.

在路易斯安那州最大的非营利卫生系统奥克斯纳卫生系统， 11月份共有6,909例流感病例，比2018年11月增加了1,385%。

"You never hear of flu being this powerful in November," Bonin said. "Adrian was so sick, he didn't even want to read a book or look at his iPad."

“你从来没听说过流感在11月有这么强大，”博宁说。“艾德里安病得很重，他甚至不想看书或看他的iPad。”

The US Centers for Disease Control and Protection divides flu activity into 10 levels, and in the week ending November 23, Louisiana and four other southeastern states, plus Puerto Rico, had the very highest level of activity.

美国疾病控制与防护中心将流感活动分为10个级别，在截至11月23日的一周内，路易斯安那州和其它四个东南部州以及波多黎各的流感活动水平最高。

In the same time period last year, only two states had reached the highest level. In fact, in the past 10 flu seasons, there have never been this many places with the highest level of flu activity at this time of year.

去年同期，只有两个州达到了最高水平。事实上，在过去的10个流感季节，从来没有这么多的地方在每年的这个时候出现流感活动的最高水平。

And flu is spreading fast. In the week ending November 23, 10 states had widespread activity. Just one week before, only six states had widespread activity.

流感正在迅速蔓延。在11月23日结束的这一周，有10个州有广泛传播情况。就在一周前，只有六个州有广泛传播情况。

"This acceleration this early is quite remarkable," said Dr. William Lennarz, a pediatric emergency care specialist at Ochsner.

“这么早的加速（传播）是相当惊人的，”奥克斯纳的儿科紧急护理专家威廉·伦纳兹博士说。

Children are being hit particularly hard this year. Influenza B, which is typically more severe in children than adults, usually appears in relatively small numbers toward the end of the season, but this year it has already made a major showing.

今年儿童受到的打击尤其严重。B型流感通常在儿童中比成人更严重，通常在接近季节结束时出现相对较少的数量，但今年它已经有了重大表现。

At Children's, for example, all but 46 of their 1,433 cases have been influenza B.

例如，在儿童医院，除了46例之外，1433例都是B型流感。

When flu hits this early, not everyone is vaccinated. Adrian, for example, had not received a flu shot when he was struck with the flu.

当流感来得这么早，并不是每个人都接种了疫苗。例如，当艾德里安患流感时，他没有接种流感疫苗。

"It's concerning not to have kids immunized and protected when the flu starts to circulate," said Dr. Amanda Jackson, primary care medical director at Children's Hospital New Orleans.

新奥尔良儿童医院的初级保健医疗主任阿曼达·杰克逊博士说:“当流感开始传播时，孩子们没有接种疫苗并得到保护是令人担忧的。”

"If it stays like this, influenza B is going to impact kids, and that's always hard," said Lynnette Brammer, team lead of the CDC's domestic influenza surveillance team.

美国疾病控制与预防中心国内流感监测小组组长林内特布兰说:“如果这种情况持续下去，B型流感就会影响到孩子们，这种情况很艰难。”

This season, at least five children have died of the flu nationwide, according to the CDC.

根据疾病预防控制中心的数据，这个季节全国至少有五名儿童死于流感。

"When you see an early season, it doesn't always mean it's going to be a bad season, but statistically an early start is more often a bad season than a mild season," said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

美国国家过敏和传染病研究所所长安东尼·福奇博士说，“当你看到（流感）季节提前，并不总是意味着这将是一个糟糕的季节，但从统计数据上看，提前开始往往是一个糟糕的季节，而不是一个温和的季节。”

After a round of anti-viral medication, Adrian's high degree fever broke, and he recovered from the flu.

经过一轮抗病毒药物治疗后，艾德里安的高烧停止了，他的流感也痊愈了。

After three children with the flu this season -- two of Adrian's siblings caught it, as well -- Bonin has seen firsthand what flu can do.

本季有三个孩子感染了流感——艾德里安的两个兄弟姐妹也感染了——博宁亲眼目睹了流感的威力。