In countries with relatively high vax rates, it could get tricky this winter for the immunized to tell a nasty cold from a breakthrough case of covid. It's also hard to predict how bad this flu season will be after last year's historically low flu rates
Doctors in the United States are bracing for a "twindemic" of flu and coronavirus spikes. Germany bought extra flu vaccines. Tens of thousands of people in Britain are looking up "worst cold ever" on search engines.
A: Health experts say Americans have built up less natural immunity against influenza because so few were infected in 2020. The comeback of common viruses including RSV brought toddlers, who were not exposed as babies, to U.S. hospitals with severe cases this year. British scientist Tim Spector, a founder of the ZOE app that tracks coronavirus symptoms, has said that people thinking they have colds when they really have covid-19 could help fuel the pandemic. People who have had their coronavirus shots and are knocked out by heavy colds in Britain could be breakthrough cases without knowing it, he added, which could pose a risk if they don't get tested.
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