The director of the CDC is warning of the dual threat of the coronavirus and the flu this fall, urging Americans to wear a mask, social distance and get the flu vaccine.
Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is calling on Americans to do their part to contain the coronavirus as flu season comes into view.Kevin Dietsch/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
"We're going to have COVID in the fall, and we're going to have flu in the fall," he told John Whyte, chief medical officer at WebMD."And either one of those by themselves can stress certain hospital systems."
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