What You Should Know About the Flu - The New York Times

Peter Palese, a microbiologist and flu expert at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, said there were 100 times fewer infections, hospitalizations and deaths from influenza last season than in average flu seasons.

Maragakis said — so ours might be, too.

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During the 2019-2020 flu season, for instance, those who received the flu vaccine were only 39 percent less likely than people who didn’t receive the vaccine to develop influenza.

Two doses of the Moderna and Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines, on the other hand, reduce symptomatic illness from Covid-19 by more than 90 percent, and two doses of the measles vaccine provide 97 percent protection.

Gandhi emphasized that pregnant people should get a flu shot this year, because they are more likely than others to get severely ill with the flu.

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Gandhi said, it’s possible that the flu will peak earlier than usual (typically between December and February).

Some kids — specifically children between 6 months and 8 years old who have never received a flu vaccine, as well as those who have only ever received one dose — should get two doses of the flu vaccine, at least four weeks apart, said Dr.

“The protection from the flu shot likely builds, even over years,” said Dr.

recommends that people 65 and older receive either the high-dose flu shot (Fluzone High-Dose) or the shot that contains an immune-boosting adjuvant (Fluad Quadrivalent).

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Pfizer and Moderna recipients who are eligible for a booster include people 65 and older, and younger adults at high risk of severe Covid-19 because of medical conditions or where they work.

has updated its authorizations to allow medical providers to boost people with a different vaccine than the one they initially received, a strategy known as “mix and match.” Whether you received Moderna, Johnson & Johnson or Pfizer-BioNTech, you may receive a booster of any other vaccine.

has said the conditions that qualify a person for a booster shot include: hypertension and heart disease; diabetes or obesity; cancer or blood disorders; weakened immune system; chronic lung, kidney or liver disease; dementia and certain disabilities.

says the Covid vaccine may be administered without regard to the timing of other vaccines, and many pharmacy sites are allowing people to schedule a flu shot at the same time as a booster dose.

One study published on a preprint server in September that has not yet been peer reviewed found that of nearly 18,000 employees at a Dutch hospital, those who received a previous flu vaccine were 37 to 49 percent less likely to get sick with Covid-19 during the first and second coronavirus waves, respectively, than those who didn’t get the flu shot.

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Gandhi said, to determine if you have the flu, Covid-19, both or something else.

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“I would encourage people to go into this fall and winter season trying to also be adherent to all of those preventive health measures,” she said