Why the Flu Vaccine Is So Important This Year
Everyone should get the flu shot this year, full stop. Why? As Robert Roy Britt reports, the last thing the U.S. needs this fall and winter is for people to start catching the flu and Covid-19 at the same time. Defenses might be down after getting one illness, and it can be difficult to untangle the symptoms from one another. Read more about the importance of this year’s flu shot below.
There’s also preliminary evidence suggesting that flu vaccination could possibly play a protective role in preventing Covid-19 deaths. Much more research is needed, but some experts at Johns Hopkins University are exploring whether the flu vaccine could trigger immune system changes that might repel the virus that causes Covid-19. Read more about this research below.
