Are coronavirus precautions lowering flu infection rates?

Are coronavirus precautions lowering flu infection rates? “Logically, they will. But we will only know this when the season is over,” former CDC official Dr. Robert Amler said. Amler noted there is overlap between coronavirus and the flu because “they look very similar.” The efforts to tame the new virus will also control the flu in the process. He said: “The full spectrum will only be known as we get through a season or two of this virus. This is all the more reason for people to get flu shots so their symptoms don't get confused with the flu.” To public health experts, the huge number of flu deaths is exactly why extraordinary steps should be taken to try to prevent the new coronavirus from spreading widely.