Out of the darkness?

It seems the big bad flu is headed away, as it should given the season.

But, look at the second graph. The death rate keeps climbing.

But not here in W North Carolina, that I can tell. We are still busy taking x-rays of sick people, but not insane like it was a month ago.

I suppose sometimes we are ahead of the average, and sometimes we are behind it.

Both graphics, are, of course, from the CDC, here.