As the weather gets colder COVID-19 and the flu are spiking across the country. Early influenza cases suggest the flu virus is returning to a seasonal rhythm. Whether COVID-19 will be a seasonal virus that spreads mostly during the cold and flu season is still up for debate among scientists. In the U.S., there were 18,119 new COVID-19 hospital admissions during the week ending Nov. 18, a 9.7% increase from the week before, according to the CDC. During that same time, hospitalizations related to COVID-19 jumped in a dozen states, and 15 others reported moderate increases. Read more at the link in our bio.