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Flu Infections at Record Low Amid Covid-19 Prevention Push

  • Just 56 found with influenza in week ended Dec. 5, CDC says
  • Agency warns data should be interpreted with ‘extreme caution’
A healthcare worker administers a free flu shot vaccination to a patient in Los Angeles, California, on Sept. 26. 

A healthcare worker administers a free flu shot vaccination to a patient in Los Angeles, California, on Sept. 26. 

Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg

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U.S. influenza infections are at a record low, mostly because of the use of masks, social distancing and other efforts to slow a national surge in Covid-19 cases.