Have you noticed that this year’s flu season hasn’t felt like flu season? That’s because precautionary measures put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19 also prevented the spread of the common influenza, a recent AP NEWS article reports. On a national level, “this is the lowest flu season we’ve had on record,” according to records that go back 25 years, said Lynnette Brammer from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Pandemic Has Helped Kill the Flu
Masks, social distancing, and encouraged flu vaccines helped prevent a “twindemic.”
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