COVID-19 and the next influenza season
Even in non-pandemic years, influenza and other etiologies of pneumonia represent the eighth leading cause of death in the United States, and respiratory viruses are the most commonly identified pathogens among hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia ( 1 ). Epidemics of seasonal influenza occur on an annual basis. In the United States, the 2019-2020 seasonal influenza epidemic…