Health experts: Light flu season due to PPE and social distancing SCRIPPS and last updated 2021-03-06 01:12:11-05 Doctors warned Americans about the twin pandemic of the coronavirus and the flu this winter, but in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties, only one positive flu case has been reported. âThe community did a good job with social distancing and masking, so we avoided the twin pandemic we were afraid of,â said Chris Ecker, Infection Preventionist at Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center in San Luis Obispo. âI have been working in this town for 35 years and this is b...