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Are flu cases already 100 times higher than last year? Here's what we really know about the 2023 flu season

By Robert Booy, Hon Prof, Dept of Child & Adolescent Health, University of Sydney
Ian Barr, Deputy Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza

Alarming headlines and media coverage have said we’ve had 100 times as many influenza cases in the first two months of 2023 compared with the same time the previous year.

The coverage suggested we’re in for a bumper flu season, starting early and your…

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