Name: Doctors worry flu + Covid could make for 'twindemic' this fall
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Description: It could be the worst of both worlds soon.

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<p>BRIEFING TOMORROW. IT'LL HAPPEN ON THURSDAY AT 2:30. BACK TO YOU. &gt;&gt;&gt; WITH ALL EYES ON THE GROWING NUMBER OF THE COVID-19 CASES, HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE WASTING NO TIME LOOKING AHEAD TO THE FLU SEASON. WARNING OF A POSSIBLE TWINDEMIC. WE'VE HEARD THAT PHRASE A LOT LAST WINTER. WITH MOST COVID RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE, INFECTIONS WERE HISTORICALLY LOW. LIVE AT WAKEMED, WHERE EXPERTS ARE SAYING IT IS MUCH LIKELY TO BE A PROBLEM THIS SEASON. &gt;&gt; Reporter: PREVENTION SPECIALISTS HERE AT WAKEMED ARE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THE FLU CASES THIS YEAR. LAST YEAR WE DIDN'T REALLY SEE THAT MANY CASES, BUT EXPERTS HERE BELIEVE THERE ARE MANY INDICATIONS THAT THIS FLU SEASON WILL BE A TOUGH ONE. LAST YEAR WE ALL WONDERED WHETHER WE WOULD HAVE A BAD FLU SEASON. FLU CASES WERE LOW IN 2020, BUT THAT MAY NOT BE THE CASE THIS TIME AROUND. &gt;&gt; A LOT OF THE THINGS WE DID TO MITIGATE COVID ARE EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD AT MITIGATING THE SPREAD OF INFLUENZA. WE DIDN'T HAVE A FLU SEASON THIS YEAR. &gt;&gt; Reporter: JESSICA DICTIONSON SAYS LAST YEAR'S FLU SEASON SET US UP FOR LOWER IMMUNITY. A SOCIAL DISTANCING, MASK WEARING RULES ARE MORE RELAXED. SHE SAYS THE RISK FOR TRANSMISSION IS EVEN HIGHER ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T VACCINATED. &gt;&gt; IT'S REASONABLE TO EXPECT WE'LL SEE A LOT OF FLU AS WE ARE ALREADY SEEING A RELATIVE EXPLOSION OF OTHER RESPIRATORY VIRAL ILLNESSES THAT WE DO SEE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT WE DON'T NORMALLY SEE AS MUCH IN THE SUMMER. &gt;&gt; Reporter: GETTING THE FLU SHOT IS IMPORTANT MORE THAN EVER. SECURISTS AT HOLLY SPRINGS AND MANUFACTURERS FROM VACCINES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THEY ARE PREPARING TO DISTRIBUTE OVER 60 MILLION FOR VACCINES, POSSIBLY EVEN MORE AHEAD OF THE POTENTIALLY SEVERE FLU SEASON. &gt;&gt; IF YOU LOOK AT THE DISTRIBUTION RATES OF FLU VACCINE AS OF FEBRUARY OF EARLIER THIS YEAR, IT WAS CLOSE TO ABOUT 194 MILLION DOSES. IT WAS REALLY QUITE HIGH IN COMPARISON TO WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST. BUT THIS YEAR WE'RE GEARING UP ACTUALLY TO MAKE MORE VACCINES. &gt;&gt; Reporter: TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, DIXSON SAYS IT WILL BE HARD TO DIFFERENTIATE COVID FROM THE FLU. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY FOR A TWINDEMIC, MAKING THIS FLU SEASON THAT MUCH MORE DANGEROUS. &gt;&gt; WE'VE SET OURSELVES UP FOR THE POTENTIAL TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT FLU SEASON THIS YEAR AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, THE DELTA VARIANT OF COVID. THAT'S REALLY RUNNING RAMPANT RIGHT NOW AS WELL. &gt;&gt; Reporter: DOCTORS HERE AT WAKEMED ARE ENCOURAGING PATIENTS NOT JUST TO GET THEIR FLU SHOTS THIS YEAR, BUT TO GET THE FLU SHOT EARLY. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THEY WOULD NORMALLY ENCOURAGE OR SUGGEST, BUT UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES THEY'RE ENCOURAGING PATIENTS TO GET THE FLU SHOT AS EARLY AS SEPTEMBER. GERALD? &gt;&gt; IT'S A DIFFERENT TIME.</p>

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