Flu Shot Associated With Fewer, Less Severe COVID Cases (IMAGE)

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Flu Shot Associated With Fewer, Less Severe COVID Cases

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People who received a flu shot last flu season were significantly less likely to test positive for a COVID-19 infection when the pandemic hit, according to a new study. And those who did test positive for COVID-19 had fewer complications if they received their flu shot. These new findings mean Marion Hofmann Bowman, M.D., is continuing to recommend the flu shot to her patients even as the flu season may be winding down.

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Stephanie King/Michigan Medicine (the academic medical center of the University of Michigan)

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