September 1st, 2021 by WCBC Radio
The 2021-22 influenza season is likely to be more severe than average – and hit young children particularly hard – due to waning population-level immunity from the near-lack of a flu season during last winter’s COVID-19 surge, two new analyses led by scientists at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health revealed. Both studies suggest that increased flu-related hospitalizations and deaths can be mitigated if vaccination rates are between 20% and 50% higher than those in recent flu seasons. To quickly inform public health and clinical decisions, the scientists published the findings of both studies and announced their results Tuesday. Dr Mark Roberts…
He said the good news is that a solution is at hand- and it’s probably sounds familiar- get vaccinated…
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