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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Damon Cronshaw

BIZARRE: Covid may increase flu susceptibility expert says - You Need To See This

Newcastle respiratory specialist Peter Wark says COVID may be affecting the flu season in more ways than one. Picture supplied

COVID-19 may have increased people's susceptibility to other respiratory viruses in different ways, Newcastle respiratory specialist Peter Wark says.

Professor Wark said restrictions on movement during the pandemic caused "a dramatic reduction in influenza and RSV" and people's immunity to those viruses lapsed.

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