09/05/2020

COVID-19 and a Bad Flu Season

The collision could be overwhelming

Doctors and health officials are urging Americans to get vaccinated against influenza in record numbers this fall to avoid a dreaded scenario: flu colliding with a raging coronavirus pandemic.

They worry that tens of millions of ­flu-related illnesses could overwhelm hospitals, doctor offices and laboratories that test for both respiratory illnesses.

Symptoms of flu and COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, are similar.

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