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Scientific American How COVID Is Changing the Cold and Flu Season Measures meant to tame the coronavirus pandemic are quashing influenza and most other respiratory diseases, which could have wide-ranging implications Print Despite signs of reduced influenza transmission, people in the United States are being encouraged to get the vaccine. Credit: Jeffrey Greenberg Getty Images Advertisement By mid-December, the Northern Hemisphere is usually well into the start of its annual cold and flu season but so far this year, even as the COVID-19 pandemic surges in dozens of countries, the levels of many common seasonal infections remain extremely low. The pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has infected at least 67 million people and killed 1.5 million worldwide. The patchwork of responses intended to fight the pandemic from temporary lockdowns to mask wearing, social distancing, enhanced personal hygiene and reduced travel has had a huge impact on other common respiratory

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