Have you had the flu yet, Snohomish County? You're not alone.
EVERETT — After a slow start to the season, influenza has hit Snohomish County hard since 2025 began, becoming one of the worst flu seasons in years.
There’s also little hope for quick relief. Hospitalization rates in the county are at the highest since the 2018-19 season and show no signs of slowing down soon, health officials said. The increased rates of hospitalization, along with required precautionary testing to prevent the spread of avian flu, has strained the resources of local hospitals.
“Flu activity is still continuing at very high levels and has been very high for several weeks now,” the Snohomish County Health Officer, Dr. James Lewis, said Tuesday. “There’s not really a sign that it’s slowing down at the moment, so it could certainly get to the point where this could be one of the most severe flu seasons we’ve seen in a decade or more. It’s just too early to tell.”
Most people who get the flu will recover within a few days. But people with risk factors — being older than 65, younger than two, having asthma, lung diseases, heart diseases or other preexisting conditions — may suffer more severe illness due to influenza.
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