Both my sister and mom developed pretty severe colds (flu?) recently, likely from s'thing my niece picked up from preschool.

I've been protected from it so far, but it was severe enough that they all got covid tests (-ve!) to make sure it wasn't that.

Anyone else hit by this?
I've read/heard about the coming cold and flu season possibly posing a more severe risk due to people largely having been isolated the past year-plus, but not sure how that's playing out so far.
One of the benefits of continuing NPIs like mask wearing for a while longer is that it helps curb the spread of non-covid illness, too.

Not that masking should become forever mandatory, but it remains an important tool in getting us out of the pandemic.
And it should go without saying: If you've been vaccinated for covid, great!

It's worth making that same effort to go and get the flu shot. It matters too.

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