There’s no time like the present for the flu vaccine, though.
Between COVID-19, RSV, and the flu, there has been an onslaught of respiratory virus news over the past few years. While a recent jump in COVID-19 cases and new strains of the virus have gotten a lot of airplay, flu season is coming up fast, and it’s a good time for a refresher on how flu season works.Technically, you can get the flu any time, but the virus does tend to infect people more during certain times of the year, beginning in the fall.
From there, flu season typically peaks in December and February, before petering out in the springtime. In some seasons, heightened flu activity can last as late as May, the CDC says.It can. There’s not one set day on the calendar when the flu starts up in the U.S. and then another when it disappears, says, a professor and chief of infectious diseases at the University at Buffalo in New York. “Flu season can vary a little bit,” he says.
COVID-19 can impact flu season, Russo says. During the peak of the pandemic in 2020, COVID-19 “basically made flu season non-existent,” Adalja says. Case in point: There were just a little more than 2,000 flu cases reported to public health officials between late September 2020 and late April 2021, according to
“COVID has changed flu season a little bit,” Russo continues. “These viruses seem to be in competition.” Meaning, when cases of COVID-19 are high, cases of the flu tend to be lower, and vice-versa. “If you have a COVID wave, you tend not to have a flu wave at the same time,” he says.
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