A man gets a flu shot at a health facility in Washington, DC January 31, 2020. - The weekly US influenza surveillance report from the Centers for Disease Controle (CDC) reports that flu activity remains high in week 4, ending January 25, 2020 and increased over the past two weeks. The CDC estimates that so far this season there have been at least 19 million flu illnesses in the US, 180,000 hospitalizations and 10,000 deaths from flu. Flu vaccine effectiveness estimates are not available yet this season./Credit: Eva Hambach/AFP/Getty Images
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After record low flu season in Australia, US hopes for the same
Australia and other countries in the Southern Hemisphere just finished their easiest flu seasons on record, and the United States and other nations in the Northern Hemisphere could have an easy time, too -- if people get flu shots, practice social distancing and wear masks.
