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As Covid Spread, a Strain of Flu Disappeared. Now Scientists Say a Second Could Go Too
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... Stay-at-home orders, border closures, mask-wearing and other measures aimed at stemming Covid-19's spread led to the global disappearance of a notorious winter germ. Now, scientists say it might be feasible with better vaccines to rid the world of a second one.
For decades, flu epidemics were driven by four strains. One of them, the so-called Yamagata-lineage of type B influenza, was struggling to compete before the pandemic and hasn't been seen since March 2020, said Ian Barr, deputy director of the World Health Organization's Collaborating Center for Reference and Research on Influenza in Melbourne.
Covid restrictions gave it "the killer blow which knocked it out," Barr said in an interview.
The strain's disappearance eliminated a viral source of death and disease, especially among children, and a component of annual flu vaccines.
It also showed that it might be possible going forward to eliminate its type-B cousin, a strain known as "Victoria." ...
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Kirk: "If you're gonna put up a Truth Social post that can be viewed as you taking credit for the vaccine, there is a potential political cost to that ... I would stay away from the vaccine issue."
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