People who have developed post-COVID syndrome or long-COVID are more susceptible to the flu, and the disease will be quite severe. About it told infectious disease specialist, chief physician of the clinical diagnostic laboratory, candidate of medical sciences Andrey Pozdnyakov.
“People who have developed long-covid or post-covid syndrome have problems with the immune system. They are likely to be more susceptible to various diseases, including the flu,” he said. – Complications of covid are an immune problem, so the flu in such people will most likely be atypical and quite difficult, “ – said the doctor in an interview with AiF.
According to Pozdnyakov, in 2022, the incidence of influenza will remain at about the same level. To protect yourself, the expert advises to get vaccinated every year before the autumn-winter flu season – in September.
