Yes, you can catch the flu and Covid. No, 'fluorna' isn't real.

Viruses can also enhance other infections and make people sicker, which has been documented in other studies of influenza and the common cold.Learning more about the complex interactions among viruses within the same host could help researchers better understand the complex patterns of epidemics.Masking, lockdowns and other restrictions slowed the spread of many common viruses. This is an innate immune response that is generalized and doesn’t require prior memory of the viral invader.Once they’re secreted, interferon proteins begin a process that can prevent viruses from replicating, research suggests.“It will create a state where your antiviral response is turned on for days to probably a week,” Foxman said. “What varies a lot from virus to virus is the magnitude and timing — how much a virus triggers interferon and how fast a virus triggers interferon,” Foxman said.Researchers have known about viral interference since the 1960s, when a Soviet group of scientists noticed that a live vaccine against polio and other enteroviruses also seemed to protect against unrelated viral respiratory diseases like influenza. Foxman’s research suggests that a recent common cold infection — from rhinoviruses — could stop replication of the virus that causes Covid-19. “You might be opening up the door for a worse virus that wants to occupy the same niche — your nose.” Foxman said no one should seek a cold infection to avoid Covid.But learning more about viral interference could help prepare for future pandemics.