Assessing the interactions between COVID-19 and influenza in the United States
The 2019-2020 influenza sentinel surveillance data exhibits unexpected trends. Typical influenza seasons have a small herald wave, followed by a decrease due to school closure during holidays, and then a main post-holiday peak that is significantly...
Shweta Bansal
296d ago
COVID-19 isn't spreading in a vacuum but is affecting and is affected by other circulating respiratory pathogens. @casey_zipfel has looked at how influenza might be socially and ecologically interacting with COVID-19: doi.org/10.1101/2020.0… (1/2)
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@piliffq I think there's been a legit reduction in flu - see also this great work from @casey_zipfel and @bansallab - but I worry that the difference in risk perception this time around vs. last year will mean we don't get lucky this time
