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“Flurona” = flu + corona -- when you get both at the same time

The clickbaity name might be new, says Fortune, but someone caught the flu and COVID at the same time back in February 2020

And Peru reported the first fatal case of flurona in January 2022

The University of Edinburgh found that patients with flurona have a higher chance of death and severe disease when compared to patients only infected with COVID

But The WSJ says data on Flurona’s severity is still sparse. No need to panic

Hot air: Yeah, chill out. It’s rare to catch both viruses at once

Time agrees, but predicts we’ll see more flurona cases this year thanks to Omicron and more people being out of the house

The panic over flurona is a classic case of misinformation gone too far -- Scientific American

Still worried? You can get both the flu and COVID shots at the same appointment! In fact, the White House recommends that you do. Dr. Ashish Jha joked, “This is why God gave us two arms”!