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Coronavirus: scientists find collision of pandemic and flu doubles Covid-19 transmission | South China Morning Post
Decline of new cases after first wave was caused by lockdown and social distancing but also the end of flu season, find European researchers
Medical experts in both China and the US urge citizens to get flu vaccination before the northern winter hits
Influenza could more than double the transmission rate of the coronavirus, according to new European research.
A joint study by the Max Planck Institute in Germany and Pasteur Institute in France showed that on average, a patient infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus could pass Covid-19 to two other persons.
But if he or she also had the flu, it would help the coronavirus jump to four or five people, it said.
“The results were unequivocal,” said the researchers, led by German epidemiologist Dr Matthieu Domenech de Celles, in a non-peer-review paper posted on Medrxiv.org on Wednesday.
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I got my flu shot about 10 days ago at my local pharmacy. I also got a robocall from my PCP's office alerting me that they had the flu vaccine also.
A combination of the flu & Covid-19 sounds dreadful.
Reminder: it takes perhaps a month after the shot to build full immunity.
Decline of new cases after first wave was caused by lockdown and social distancing but also the end of flu season, find European researchers
Medical experts in both China and the US urge citizens to get flu vaccination before the northern winter hits
Influenza could more than double the transmission rate of the coronavirus, according to new European research.
A joint study by the Max Planck Institute in Germany and Pasteur Institute in France showed that on average, a patient infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus could pass Covid-19 to two other persons.
But if he or she also had the flu, it would help the coronavirus jump to four or five people, it said.
“The results were unequivocal,” said the researchers, led by German epidemiologist Dr Matthieu Domenech de Celles, in a non-peer-review paper posted on Medrxiv.org on Wednesday.
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I got my flu shot about 10 days ago at my local pharmacy. I also got a robocall from my PCP's office alerting me that they had the flu vaccine also.
A combination of the flu & Covid-19 sounds dreadful.
Reminder: it takes perhaps a month after the shot to build full immunity.
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