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Medical Experts Discuss Impact Of Flu Season Amid COVID-19 Concerns Many people consider COVID-19 to be similar to the flu, and both are viruses, but when it comes to illness, there is a difference. The hospitals are just beginning to get patients with the flu for this year, and they expect more in the coming weeks. Oklahoma’s hospitals that are already near capacity for critical care anticipate more pressure to come as flu spreads in the state. At the moment, the CDC reports few cases of flu in the state, and only slightly more in other states, at rates “lower than usual for this time of year when it should begin to increase from infections picked up at Thanksgiving. ....