Data from the Southern Hemisphere shows sharp drops in influenza cases during the typical season.
"The global decline in influenza virus circulation appears to be real and concurrent with the Covid-19 pandemic and its associated community mitigation measures," CDC researchers reported Thursday.
“Last season, we distributed about 170 million doses of the flu vaccine. This season, we're probably going to get up to about 200 million doses,” said L.J. Tan, chief strategy officer for the Immunization Action Coalition, a nonprofit that works directly with the CDC to increase immunization rates.Dr. Jake Deutsch, an emergency physician and the owner of Cure Urgent Care, has already seen twice as many patients seeking a flu shot compared to all of last year.
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