n=42 How to prevent a “twindemic” (hint: get your flu shot!)

05/10/2020 15 min
n=42 How to prevent a “twindemic” (hint: get your flu shot!)

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Episode Synopsis

We don’t yet have a vaccine to prevent infection with SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, but we do have a vaccine for another respiratory virus: influenza. In this episode, infectious disease physician Michele Ritter, MD, talks about the difference between flu and COVID, whether it’s possible to get both and why it’s more important than ever to get your flu vaccine this year.