Don’t Panic About ‘Flurona’. There’s Nothing Unique About Catching the Flu and COVID-19 At the Same Time

There’s yet another colorful addition to the pandemic lexicon—“flurona”—but it doesn’t refer to a new variant or even a new condition. The made-up term describes simultaneous infection with both influenza and SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The two diseases do not combine to make some hybrid form of either virus, which makes “flurona” a … Read more