COVID-19, flu ‘twindemic’ threat worries doctors: ‘Get flu shot early’
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Doctors are yet again warning over the threat of a possible “twindemic,” or burdened hospitals amid converging respiratory illnesses like COVID-19 and influenza, prompting calls to receive flu shots early.
However doctors' warnings have resurfaced, with experts citing social mixing and relaxed mitigation measures as the country approaches the colder seasons. "This year, however, we are heading into the flu season with more relaxed restrictions and the situation will allow for increased chance of respiratory illness transmissions," Dr. TingTing Wong, internist and infectious disease specialist at NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group Brooklyn, told Fox News. "We saw a similar uptick of 'summer colds' caused by other viruses (for example RSV, respiratory syncytial virus, and rhino viruses, etc.) this summer as restrictions relaxed and the fear is a similar uptick of flu cases this fall/winter season."
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