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We’ve Crushed The Flu This Year – Forbes
As awful as the Covid-19 pandemic is, it’s given us at least one benefit: we’ve utterly crushed the flu virus.

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As awful as the Covid-19 pandemic is, its given us at least one benefit: weve utterly crushed the flu virus.
Thats rightthe flu has almost completely disappeared this year. A combination of social distancing, closed schools and businesses, dramatically reduced travel, and high flu vaccination rates has achieved something that most flu experts never thought possible.
Flu levels are so low, in fact, that one has to wonder if the flu will even come back next year….
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