4 Things You Should Know About the Flu

The impact is greater than you think.

Source: 1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

This means if you have 5,000 employees, for example, 250 to 1,000 employees may annually catch the flu and typically miss two to three days.

Each year, on average, 5 percent to 20 percent of the U.S. population gets the flu.1

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The flu whittles away workforce productivity.

Source: 2 CDC

In fact, nearly 111 million workdays are lost due to the flu. That equals approximately $7 billion per year in sick days and lost productivity.2

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Source: 3 CDC

The costs may leave you worried sick.

The flu also annually results in 31.4 million outpatient visits and about 200,000 hospitalizations—causing an estimated $10.4 billion in direct medical expenses and increasing health care costs for your business.3

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