'Twindemic' fears are back. And this time they might foretell a tragic season
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Kent Sepkowitz writes that it's possible that Americans who were infected with Covid-19 sometime in the last two years and get the flu this season could develop more severe disease. Taken cumulatively, this could lead to more hospitalizations and deaths.
If the issue seems familiar, it is because it is: there was a big fear last year over the possibility of the same unholy alliance. It was so concerning it was even dubbed the "twindemic," to denote the anticipated one-two punch of both viruses circulating at once.
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