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Why easing COVID restrictions could prompt a fierce flu rebound

As pandemic restrictions ease, other respiratory viruses are returning in unexpected ways.
  1. Nicola Jones

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The COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to have unusual and unexpected effects on a number of respiratory diseases — some have been quashed, others have ploughed through and still more are rebounding off-season. These fluxes are complicating medical responses to the pandemic, but also providing scientists with an opportunity to study how these viruses spread.

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Nature 598, 395 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02558-8

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