
Amid COVID-19 pandemic, flu has disappeared in the US
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February is usually the peak of flu season, with doctors’ offices and hospitals packed with suffering patients. But not this year.
Experts say that measures put in place to fend off the coronavirus — mask wearing, social distancing and virtual schooling — were a big factor in preventing a "twindemic" of flu and COVID-19. A push to get more people vaccinated against flu probably helped, too, as did fewer people traveling, they say. Flu-related hospitalizations, however, are a small fraction of where they would stand during even a very mild season, said Brammer, who oversees the CDC’s tracking of the virus.More Related News