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Getting a flu shot this year is more important than ever because of COVID-19 – The Conversation US
The flu vaccine will be available in most places Sept. 1. A public health nurse explains why it’s especially important to get vaccinated for it this year.
With the coronavirus still spreading widely, its time to start thinking seriously about influenza, which typically spreads in fall and winter. A major flu outbreak would not only overwhelm hospitals this fall and winter, but also likely overwhelm a person who might contract both at once.
Doctors have no way of knowing yet what the effect of a dual diagnosis might be on a persons body, but they do know the havoc that the flu alone can do to a persons body. And, we know the U.S. death toll of CO…
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