“It’s not so serious,” reassures Marc Van Ranst, questioned by our colleagues from HLN. This phenomenon, still rare, has been spotted in several countries around the world, including Hungary. Could it spread to us? Difficult to say, when you know that influenza epidemics do not usually develop until February.
The encouraging news: the effects of the two viruses do not add up, so the combination of the two does not necessarily make you sicker. “In people with a respiratory tract infection, it often seems to be the work of different viruses”, also indicates Marc Van Ranst, who admits that it is now less common because of the ubiquity. the Omicron variant and health measures, which work even better once morest other viruses than the Covid virus.
“The big difference with Covid is that during our lifetime, we have acquired some immunity once morest the flu. With the Covid, we started from zero ”, notes the expert in remarks relayed by our colleagues from Sudinfo. It is also always possible to be vaccinated once morest the flu in Belgium. To do this, there is no need for a prescription from the attending physician: the vaccine can be dispensed directly from the pharmacy.
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