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To deal with both flu and covid. more flu cases, potentially caused by a delay in vaccines, plus high levels of covid in the community, plus the nhs trying to deal with other issues, really is a bit of a perfect storm. i think there's a high level of anxiety amongst my clinical colleagues who are really, really tired and going into another difficult winter. surgeries are already limiting blood tests due to a chronic shortage of test tubes. doctors' leaders are critical of the government's handling of the disruption. we're hearing nothing from the politicians and the bma - is calling for the go...

This could really strain or hospital capacity. >> reporter: 2020 was the mildest flu season on record, with just 1,675 cases between the months of september and may largely due to widespread mask wearing and social distancing. but as students return to in-person learning and states relax restrictions doctors fear flu cases could be up. >> a normal flu season looks like millions of cases with 10,000 to 60,000 deaths every year in the united states. >> reporter: stella isn't leaving anything to chance saying her entire family will be getting flu shots. >> i'm always concerned about the flu seaso...

Express? professor whitty, new talks about the possibility of _ express? professor whitty, new talks about the possibility of resurgence i about the possibility of resurgence of other— about the possibility of resurgence of other respiratory diseases this winter _ of other respiratory diseases this winter. can you see any prospect of covid-style — winter. can you see any prospect of covid—style restrictions such as school — covid—style restrictions such as school closures or compulsory masks being _ school closures or compulsory masks being used _ school closures or compulsory masks ...

Steroids, other ways to treat covid-19, but we don't have the oral anti-viral that you can take by pill at the moment you. >> mentioned flu. that's something that increases in the fall moving into the winter. how much are you worried about that in terms of its relationship to covid? >> well, you know, interesting, right, alex, just a year ago we were having this conversation and projecting and anticipating having this trin-demic which of course we didn't see? why? because the same strategies that prevented covid-19 spread also prevented tons of other viruses including flu. the contention this ...

With social distancing measures in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic, confirmed cases of influenza plummeted during the 2020-2021 flu season.