The flue season is emerging as a fast-approaching fire, same as some corona cases. This year has spread a higher case of influenza ongoing Covid- 19 pandemic compared to the last year. According to the expert of johns hoping medicines states that this ratio could be much higher this year.
Covid-19 Pandemic Affects Flu Season?
Experts thought 2020 to 2021 would be the suspected year of facing severe cases of flu season. But that didn’t occur; this might be because of following covid-19 infection precautions. This results in lower flu transmission. Last year their body may have had higher antibodies against flu strains, but this year it may not be the case now, and hence they need to be more alert with flu as well as Covid-19.
Cough and cold are common symptoms among both conditions, which may lead one to have misunderstanding leading to a poor health condition in the coming days.
Due to this reason, strong immunity is created in the body. But looking at the current relaxed Covid cases, it can lead to severe flu infection in 2021-2022. Looking at this probability, the experts have recommended everyone to go for a shot if he is eligible and get himself protected against the same.
What flu means to you. It’s an influenza virus that causes diseases by infecting the respiratory tract of the body. The mode of transportation of this infection is through releasing particles and droplets during cough, sneezing into the atmosphere. Hence the virus of corona may also last long, leading to more infections in people affecting their health as well as immunity.
From the atmosphere, it spreads by entering into food, air, and droplets on your body. Generally, Flu symptoms have shown like fever, headaches, cough, sneeze, body pain, tiredness, fatigue, sore throat, and many more.
The flu symptoms usually last for three to seven days, but if this symptom continues for more than a week, then taking medical attention is strongly recommended.
In the U.S, flu infection is highest from October to May and usually peaks from December to February. Looking at past years, we may conclude flu can be a deadly disease for others. Before Covid-19, the pandemic flu has taken thousands of lives, around 12,000 to 56,000 in the U.S.
Same as Covid-19, flu also causes your body to be extremely sick and sometimes need for hospitalization and even death also occur if the case is in the severe stage. The solution to this deadly disease is taking vaccines in the early stage itself. To prevent this disease, it’s crucial for infants aged six months or even older to take Flu vaccine as soon as possible.
That same strong immunization is present in the Covid vaccines that are the reason people having Covid vaccine had a lower risk of Flu infection. We know very well no vaccine can provide 100% security to your body from the virus, but it can decrease the severe risk to some level. For this reason, taking vaccines is strongly recommended to eligible people.
People with obesity, diabetes, asthma, neurological disorders have an extremely higher risk of flu infection. People of 65 age and above also are at higher risk for flu. For better protection for older people, a high dose of strong vaccine is advised by doctors.
Although Flu and Covid infecting viruses are different, but the spreading mode is quite the same. The same precaution is used by the people to guard themes from illnesses for both the cases, such as using a mask, using sanitizer after sneezing, washing hands frequently.
Allergic people toward flu and Covid vaccines they encouraged to seek doctor’s attention and find an alternate solution for protection.
