The worst flu season in 15 years has left hundreds of thousands of Americans hospitalized while straining physicians’ offices and emergency departments.
Why it matters: The virus is causing more severe complications and hitting young children especially hard.
"The two predominant strains that are circulating right now are known to be more severe and have more severe outcomes, especially in high-risk patients," said Carol McLay, president of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.
Turns out having multiple infections run around wild does not “strengthen” our immune system. Who would have thought /s
WHO doesn’t have a great track record on COVID either. They denied it was airborne until mid 2021 even though we had sufficient evidence to say so in early-mid 2020.
Edit: dates
May of 2021: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jvchamary/2021/05/04/who-coronavirus-airborne/
Likely caved to pressure to not report on it.