A person being infected with both COVID and influenza is possible, but 'flurona' has spawned false statements and panic over being infected with two viruses at once.
Earlier this week, Israeli media reported a person who was hospitalized with evidence of both seasonal flu and COVID at the same time. This unvaccinated and pregnant person had mild symptoms and was discharged without any complications.
We are in the middle of a raging COVID surge, coupled with flu season. Every respiratory infection that comes through our doors could be one of many things. The way this story was taken out of context is yet another example of the kind of internet-based misinformation that haunts all of us who are trying to fight the real crisis at hand.
Practitioners use diagnostic tests that can differentiate between respiratory infections like COVID-19, influenza A and B, and respiratory syncytial virus. We use hundreds of these tests during the high season. The increasing availability of more sensitive combined molecular tests that can diagnose one of these respiratory diseases in a single test with a single sample has improved the reliable identification of these infections.
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