The Flu and Other Viruses Are Acting in Unfamiliar Ways Because of COVID
After more than 2 years of the pandemic, we are seeing that Covid is making the flu and other common viruses act in unfamiliar ways. Behavioral changes like stay-at-home orders, masking and social distancing could be responsible for viral shifts. For instance, at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital, children are being admitted with a range of seven different respiratory viruses, many of which are out of season and seem to be more virulent. Frances Stead Sellers, senior writer at The Washington Post, joins us for how everything is out of whack.
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