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 being used to protect the nhs from being being used to protect the nhs from being overwhelmed by flu cases? prime being overwhelmed by flu cases? prime minister, you talked about employers starting to organise the safe return to work for employees who have safe return to work for employees who have been working from home. some who have been working from home. some businesses would like to hear a str
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 year is people will be maskless and we didn t have nearly as many flu cases, 2,000 flu cases, which means there is not going to be a lot of immunity in the population. experts are very concerned this year that we are going to see a surge in flu, potentially mar severe cases. and we are planning expecting
need to do that. we re below that. we re 18,000 yesterday. give you a context, we have half a million daily flu cases in the middle of a mild flu season. pete: dr. makary what you said protecting the credibility of public health, others have done a very poor job doing, not you. we appreciate it. thanks, guys. pete: ambush attacks, jews are falling victim to senseless crimes in the aftermath of the war in israel. founder of americans against anti-semitism doff dovhikind joins us live from houston. or that her grandpa s dog tags would be left behind. but that one call got her a tow and rental. .paid her claim. .and we even pulled a few strings. making it easy to make things right:
The data found that even towards the end of January, flu activity remained minimal, in all states and US territories. At the same time last year, flu activity was higher in 45 states.