"The flu remains a higher threat to U.S. public health than the new…

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"The flu remains a higher threat to U.S. public health than the new coronavirus.

This flu season alone has sickened at least 19 million across the U.S. and led to 10,000 deaths and 180,000 hospitalizations.

Roughly a dozen cases of the deadly coronavirus have been identified in the U.S., though the number has mushroomed across its outbreak zone in China."