Flu and COVID-19 viruses do not share information, so the proliferation of cases of flurone (people with both diseases at the same time) does not increase the risk that the coronavirus evolves into more dangerous variants, said an expert of the World Health Organization (WHO).
“These are viruses from completely different species that use different receptors to infect, and there is not much interaction between them,” said WHO epidemiologist Abdi Mahamud.
Mutations of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus are usually generated especially in unvaccinated people, where the pathogen has a better chance of replicating, added the specialist.
The main objective must remain “to vaccinate everyone so that the chances of mutation are reduced,” Mahamud said.
The expert considered normal that more cases of “flurone” are appearing than, in the previous season, due to the greater relaxation in many societies, which has caused a reduction in vaccinations against influenza.
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