One silver lining of the last two winters is that the flu, which typically sends hundreds of thousands of Americans to the hospital each year and causes tens of thousands of deaths, was not as severe as it has been in years past. Peter Palese, a microbiologist and flu expert at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, said there were 100 times fewer infections, hospitalizations and deaths from influenza last season than in average flu seasons.
Another consideration is that COVID-19 precautions, like masking and social distancing, which also help to prevent the spread of the flu, aren’t being used now as much as they were. “There’s a lot more commingling, kids are back in school, mask mandates have been lifted,” said Dr. Soniya Gandhi, an infectious disease physician at Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital. So once the flu starts spreading, it may sweep easily through the population.
The CDC usually recommends that everyone get vaccinated by the end of October at the latest. Given that population immunity against the flu is probably low, Gandhi said, it’s possible that the flu will peak earlier than usual . Also, it takes two weeks after vaccination for the body to develop full immunity, so if you haven’t yet gotten it, “run out and get the flu vaccine immediately,” she said.
The CDC recommends that people 65 and older receive either the high-dose flu shot or the shot that contains an immune-boosting adjuvant .
Pssssst ! IT's the FLU ! We get that EVERY YEAR around this Time ! Notice that The 'COVID FLU GANGSTERS ' Haven't POSTED How amny People Died of the REGULAR Flu for the past couple of YEARS ? Hmmmmmm?
That's because every sniffel was considered covid.
There is no flu only covid. There is no flu only covid There is no flu only covid
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