In today's health headlines we talk about the need for getting the flu shot this season due to some of the preventable measures we are following because of COVID-19.
THE THREAT OF FLU SEASON MAY BELOWERED THIS YEAR... THANKS TOEFFORTS TOSLOW THE SPREAD OF THECORONAVIRUS.THAT'S ACCORDING TO A NEWREPORT.BUT AS MANDY GAITHERTELLS US... OFFICIALS STILL SAYPEOPLE WHO CAN GET A FLU SHOT...NEED TO.DR. DEL RIO/"IF WE CONTINUEDOING THE RIGHT THING FOR COVID,WE MAY NOT SEE FLU THIS SEASON."THAT'S BECAUSE THE SAME MEASURESWE'VE BEEN USING TO SLOW THESPREAD OF COVID-19-- MASKWEARING -- SOCIAL DISTANCING --AND HAND WASHING --CAN ALSO HELP STOP THE SPREAD OFFLU --COUNTRIES IN THE SOUTHERNHEMISPHERE ARE ALREADY SEEINGSOME POSITIVE TRENDS.:21 - :30DR. CARLOS DEL RIO INFECTIOUSDISEASE SPECIALIST, EMORY/"AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, CHILE,ARGENTINA ALMOST SAW NO FLU THISPAST WINTER BECAUSE THEY WEREDOING THE THINGS FOR COVID."THE SAME TREND COULD CERTAINLYPLAY OUT WHEN FLU SEASON HITSTHE U-S.
A REPORT BY THE A NEWC-D-C STUDY FOUND A REDUCTION INFLU CASES AT THE BEGINNING INTHEPANDEMIC --SOME OF THAT CAN BE ATTRIBUTEDTO THE WANING OF FLU SEASON --BUTRESEARCHERS ALSO NOTED THESUMMER CIRCULATION OF THE FLU ISCURRENTLY AT HISTORICLOWS.EMORY INFECTIOUS DISEASESPECIALIST DOCTOR CARLOS DEL RIOSAYS THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOUSHOULDN'T GET AFLU SHOT --SAYING -- WE HAVE A FLU VACCINE-- USE IT.DR. DEL RIO/"THE ONE THING WEDON'T NEED IS THE DUEL EPIDEMICSOF FLU PLUS COVID HAPPENING ATTHESAME TIME."THE RESEARCHERS SUGGEST THATSOME OF THESE MITIGATIONMEASURES COULD BEUSEFUL DURING FUTURE FLU SEASONS-- IN ADDITION TO THE FLUVACCINE --PARTICULARLY FORPOPULATIONS AT HIGHEST RISK FORDEVELOPING SEVERE DISEASE ORCOMPLICATIONS.FOR TODAY'S HEALTH MINUTE, I'MMANDY GAITHER.
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