THREAD: There's risk a second wave of #COVID19 in Fall 2020 will coincide with flu season; and surging covid infections will confound ability to ramp testing, make full use of syndromic surveillance, preserve hospital capacity. What can we do to prepare? https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/04/21/coronavirus-secondwave-cdcdirector/
A key step we can take is to increase flu vaccination rates. Covid adds a compelling reason for people to want to get vaccinated. The risk of co-infection with flu can accelerate death and disease with covid. There's much room to drive up vaccination rates among U.S. adults. 2/3