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Influenza cases appears to have disappeared in some US cities amid COVID-19 pandemic
The flu has virtually disappeared from the US, with reports coming in at far lower levels than anything seen in decades.
Key points:
- Measures put in place to battle the pandemic are a big factor in preventing a so-called “twindemic” of flu and COVID-19
- It could also be that COVID-19 has essentially muscled influenza aside
- Some US hospitals are yet to report any cases of influenza, despite February usually being peak season for the flu
Experts said measures put in place to fend off coronavirus — mask wearing, social distancing and virtual schooling — were a big factor in preventing a so-called “twindemic” of influenza and COVID-19.
A push to get more people vaccinated against the flu probably helped, as did fewer people travelling, they…
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