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Pandemic perk? Less influenza this season
The CDC says across the entire country, flu activity is minimal . In California , only a tiny percentage of tests have come back positive. Dr. Tara Vijayan of UCLA says the last time a patient of hers had the flu was February 2020.
By Madeleine Brand • • 50m ListenThe CDC says across the entire country, flu activity is minimal. In California, only a tiny percentage of tests have come back positive. Dr. Tara Vijayan of UCLA says the last time a patient of hers had the flu was February 2020. “Many of us suspect that the mitigation efforts that are underway to prevent coronavirus are actually helping substantially with influenza.”
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