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What happens to someone who catches the flu and corona at the same time?
Every year we are advised to get vaccinated against the flu, but this winter it will be especially important - you can get Corona and the flu at the same time, and the combination can be difficult and even fatal.
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Thursday, 24 September 2020, 07:18
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In the video: Moshe Bar Siman Tov calls on the public to get vaccinated against the flu due to the serious illness (Ministry of Health)
Every year, around this time of the holidays, we begin to hear the recommendations to get vaccinated against the flu.
But this year this recommendation has a matter of importance and validity, as the flu season will soon begin and merge into the epidemic that is already raging all over the globe.
The result for those who do not get vaccinated may be a double risk of contracting both viruses at the same time.
Experts are recommending this year, more than ever, that everyone get vaccinated against the flu (since a corona vaccine is not yet available) and reduce the risk of both viruses co-occurring at the same time, which they say could have serious and even fatal consequences.
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Depending on the severity of the risk, global demand for flu vaccines has also risen this year.
In Israel, the Ministry of Health has purchased twice the amount normally purchased, but it will also not be sufficient to vaccinate the entire population, so the flu vaccination campaign this year will be conducted in a graded manner and according to the priority groups of risk groups determined by the Ministry of Health.
Vaccination is the best means of protection against the flu, especially in high-risk groups.
A man receives the flu vaccine at the HMO last year (Photo: Maccabi Health Services)
Data collected by the UK Public Health Office from about 20,000 patients hospitalized in the country with Covid-19 between January and April 2020 shows that those who also contracted the flu had a twice as high risk of dying than patients who only had Corona.
Influenza alone can also be a serious illness with serious consequences, especially for people who are at risk, but not only.
And it should be noted that the risk groups for the two viruses - influenza and corona - are quite overlapping.
So those who are already at high risk for serious illness in one of them are at high risk for both.
"The flu can be fatal, and it is highly contagious in children and adults alike. Vaccination is the best way to protect against flu, especially for at-risk populations. This winter, when the corona is still raging, there is a particularly high risk because there is a chance of contracting both viruses. There is a greater importance to getting vaccinated against the flu, "said Prof. Jonathan van Tam, head of public health services in the UK.
Corona patients who also had the flu also had a double mortality risk.
The Corona Department at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv (Photo: Reuters)
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It is not yet known how difficult the upcoming flu season will be.
There are years when the morbidity is more severe than usual and in contrast, easier years.
Every year the composition of the flu vaccine changes according to the predictions regarding the viruses that are expected to be more active and common in winter.
Experts say the vaccine this year has managed to hit relatively accurately, so at least on this front the news is good.
If you are able to get the vaccine, it is likely to be effective.
Influenza, like corona, is a viral infection that is transmitted by droplet spray from coughs, sneezes and the like.
The protective measures taken due to the corona, such as: masks, social distance and hand washing, are also effective in preventing flu infection.
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