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Wed Aug 19

Getting a flu shot this year is more important than ever because of COVID-19

Written by Libby Richards, Associate Professor of Nursing, Purdue University

Hospital workers tend to a COVID-19 patient April 7, 2020 in New York City, where hospitals were so crowded they had to transfer patients to different facilities. John Moore/Getty Images

With the coronavirus still spreading widely, it’s time to start thinking seriously about influenza, which typically spreads in fall and winter. A major flu...

Getting a flu shot this year is more important than ever because of COVID-19

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