Influenza That Vanished While COVID-19 Spread: What Does Its Future Hold?

The Flu Vanished During Covid. What Will Its Return Look Like?

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Since the spread of COVID-19, the incidence of new influenza cases has dropped to less than 1/100 of its previous level. The cause isn’t clearly understood. It could be due to mask wearing or social distancing, or it could be a characteristic of respiratory illnesses, in which only one virus tends to infect a person at a time. But this doesn’t mean that the spread of novel influenza viruses has stopped. The next outbreak could be more severe than in previous years. Things might be different if people’s lifestyle habits were to change after COVID-19, but even the 1918 influenza pandemic failed to change people’s habits.