twindemic 雙疫大流行

twindemic
繁:雙疫大流行
简:双疫大流行

《華爾街日報》的Felicia Schwartz解釋說:去年許多人都遵守了新冠防疫措施,因而流感病毒也未能廣泛傳播,但正因如此,通過感染獲得流感免疫的人就少,但隨著人們今年社交變得活躍,流感季可能來得早且兇猛;一旦出現「雙疫大流行」(twindemic),醫院將不堪重負;而抵禦這兩種傳染病的方式都是戴口罩、勤洗手和打疫苗。    

新冠猶在,流感來襲,如何抵禦「雙疫大流行」?(2022年2月9日)。華爾街日報,取自https://on.wsj.com/3eDEH7i

A “twindemic” of covid-19 and influenza is a recipe for public health nightmares.

The world has avoided a ‘twindemic,’ but as flu cases rise alongside covid, experts fear that could change (2022, Jan 4). The Washington Post. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/01/04/twindemic-coronavirus-flu-outbreak-2021-israel-brazil-australia/