stock.adobe.comA new victim of the COVID-19 pandemic has been revealed, and it’s a strain of the flu. However, after the pandemic, researchers believe that they made no longer need to protect against one of the B strains. For example, people wearing masks in public are believed to have reduced both the number of COVID infections and flu infections at the same time. While influenza didn’t completely disappear during the pandemic, the flu seasons for 2020 and 2021 both saw significant reductions in flu infections. As pandemic precautions were lifted and people returned to pre-pandemic behaviors, flu infections began to return to pre-pandemic levels.

Source: CNN March 07, 2024 21:43 UTC