A few months ago, some infectious disease experts began warning that it would extremely difficult, as the COVID-19 pandemic lingered into the fall, for frontline healthcare providers to determine if sickness was due to the novel coronavirus or good, old-fashioned influenza. The reason, they said, is that in many respects, flu symptoms could and would … Continue reading What happened to “flu season?” In the age of COVID, “the flu” has been reclassified as coronavirus, says epidemiologist
The 1918 Influenza Pandemic, Vaccines and Flu Shots
Following the breaking news today that Baxter International, Inc. (a U.S. drug company) shipped live avian influenza in vaccine materials distributed to 18 countries, it's worth reviewing a bit of history about the 1918 influenza pandemic. This provides a picture of what might have happened if the bird flu viral strains had not been detected and halted. … Continue reading The 1918 Influenza Pandemic, Vaccines and Flu Shots
Dr. Eddy Bettermann MD 