What to Know About ‘Flurona’- Flu and COVID-19 Co-Infection

There’s yet another colorful addition to the pandemic lexicon—“flurona”—but it doesn’t refer to a new variant or even a new condition. The made-up term describes simultaneous infection with both influenza and SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

The two diseases do not combine to make some hybrid form of either virus, which makes “flurona&r…

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