Is it COVID or is it influenza?

[KSTP TV, October 09, 2020] Flu season is just around the corner and, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, there are new health challenges.

“Nature has dealt us a toughie,” declared Dr. Frank Rhame, an infection disease physician with Allina Health. “This is a tough virus, and we really do need — if we lighten up, it just gets worse like clockwork."

The flu virus itself is nothing to fool with.

The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention says 8% of the U.S. population — about 26 million people — get the flu each year.