The influenza vaccine, a massive precautionary weapon in the event of a second wave?

While the battle plans are being prepared to face a hypothetical second wave of coronavirus, there is already one measure on which experts agree: the flu vaccination! A paradox, since the flu vaccine does not work against coronaviruses. In reality, the reasons are primarily logistical. "We fear having two epidemics at the same time, it would be dramatic for the health system" , explains Dr. Bruno Stach, pulmonologist in Hauts-de-France and president of the National Union of the Respiratory System (SAR).

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Americans have already coined a word, "twindemic", to evoke the specter of a twin flu and Covid-19 epidemic. "Given the possibility that an influenza infection is confused with an infection by Covid-19, it is preferable to reduce the flu so that hospitals are not filled with two diseases" , explains to Figaro the American virologist Stanley Plotkin . “Although the effectiveness of influenza vaccines is

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