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- CDC Director Robert Redfield says that one of the most important things you can do this fall to protect yourself and others it to get a flu shot.
- If enough people get the flu and COVID-19 infections spike again, Redfield warns that hospitals across the US could be overrun like in NYC earlier this year.
- The CDC has purchased 9.3 million extra doses of the flu vaccine for this fall.
You're probably tired of hearing it by now, but there are three things you can do to decrease your chances of catching or spreading the novel coronavirus: Wash your hands, social distance, and wear a mask. That's what the government recommends, but as fall approaches, you can add one more tip to that list: Get a flu shot.
In a recent livestreamed conversation with the Journal of the American Medical Association, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Robert Redfield voiced his concerns about the flu season overlapping with the unending COVID-19 pandemic. If this turns out to be a particularly bad flu season, Redfield says hospitals across the US could end up being overrun like the ones in New York City were back in April.
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This is the thing that will save us from a coronavirus disaster this fall originally appeared on BGR.com on Fri, 21 Aug 2020 at 16:48:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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