If control measures are stopping flu in its tracks, why aren't they stopping coronavirus?

As the COVID-19 pandemic rages, other respiratory illnesses have been unusually quiet this year. Fears of a dangerous influenza and COVID-19 “syndemic” have come to pass as influenza cases reached some of the lowest rates ever observed.

The near absence of the flu might reflect increased rates of vaccination as…

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