The flu kills between 12,000 and 50,000 people and hospitalizes hundreds of thousands of others in any given year.
I am a doctor and professor of public health at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, New York.
But convincing people to get yet another jab has proven difficult.
When a disease becomes commonplace, it is more likely for people to downplay its threat to society.
Those at highest risk for COVID are also at high risk of the flu.
But convincing people to get yet another jab has proven difficult.
Mobilizing flu vaccines after battling COVID-19 for two years is exhausting.
Its not an excuse for slow-moving initiatives, but it is indicative of vaccine fatigue.
And I also have to take into consideration how others must be feeling during these troubling times.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.COVID data tracker.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Disease burden of flu.
