Oklahoma Experiencing Widespread Influenza Along with Most of Nation

Forty-two states are reporting widespread incidence of influenza . Oklahoma is one of them as are each of the states bordering it. In Thursday’s influenza update, the Oklahoma State Department of Health reported eight deaths have resulted from the flu. John Hick, an emergency physician at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, told USAToday.com , “My general sense is that we have not peaked. We’ve probably got a few weeks to go on this.”