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Editorial
. 2021 Oct 18;9(10):1198.
doi: 10.3390/vaccines9101198.

Fear of Influenza Resurgence amid COVID-19 Pandemic: Need for Effective Flu Vaccine Still Exists

Danushka K Wijesundara  1 , Clare Williams  2 , Wei Sun  2 , Andrea Marias Furuya  3 , Yoichi Furuya  2
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Editorial

Fear of Influenza Resurgence amid COVID-19 Pandemic: Need for Effective Flu Vaccine Still Exists

Danushka K Wijesundara et al. Vaccines (Basel). .

Abstract

As influenza season was approaching in 2020, public health officials feared that influenza would worsen the COVID-19 situation [...].

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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