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Record low flu cases show how COVID-19 is more contagious and ‘less forgiving,’ experts say – USA TODAY
Experts say that high vaccination rates combined with social distancing, mask-wearing and handwashing have played a role in preventing spread.
Public health experts say this year everyone should get a flu shot, if possible.
USA TODAY
As COVID-19 raged across the U.S. last year, the seasonal flu all but vanished, data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows.
During the 2019 flu season from Sept. 29 to Dec. 28, the CDC reported more than 65,000 cases of influenza nationwide. During the same period last year, the agency reported only 1,016 cases.
Health experts say that high vaccination rates against the flu, combined…
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