Dealing with the flu or a cold? You’re not alone. Here’s what we know
Flu season has hit the United States harder and earlier than usual in what health officials are calling a “tridemic” of multiple respiratory viruses at once. Though infections usually start ramping up around December or January, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed at least 44 states are already reporting high or very high flu activity. Now, medical providers and public health experts are hoping the experience will motivate Washingtonians to take mitigation measures to heart as more holiday celebrations near. Continue reading at The Seattle Times. (Kylie Cooper)
Shelved since 2018, this WA gun law may finally be implemented soon
Gov. Jay Inslee’s administration is now working to implement a 2018 voter-approved firearms background-check law that Washington officials had quietly set aside due to logistical and legal hurdles. The administration’s reversal comes after a September report by Crosscut documenting how state officials in 2020 concluded it wasn’t cost-effective or efficient to implement the new law requiring annual background checks on people who own pistols and semiautomatic rifles. Continue reading at Crosscut. (Amanda Snyder)
Stepped-up effort needed to reduce traffic deaths
Nationally, traffic fatalities look to have dropped by about 1 percent in 2022, but Washington state continued on its own deadly path this year; for the first six months of 2022, 327 deaths were counted, a 31 percent increase over the same period for the previous year, likely putting the state near where it was nearly 20 years ago. Yet, there’s still plenty to be addressed by the state Legislature, local government, and Congress, especially on reducing the numbers of pedestrian deaths and injuries. Continue reading at The Everett Herald. (Olivia Vanni)
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