Does uptick in flu reports mean increased flu cases?

Clinical data from Haines’ SEARHC clinic indicates that perceptions of the 2019 flu season may be more complicated than it appears.

Media has reported a dramatic 2019 flu season. Anchorage’s KTUU said that cases have skyrocketed, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner called it an “epidemic,” and the Juneau Empire wrote, “It looks like a lot of Alaskans resolved to get the flu in 2019.” The number of reported cases more than doubled from last year. But while…