Public health officials have kept up a steady stream of warnings over the last few months about the approaching flu season. They present a scenario in which the return of seasonal flu swamps health systems still struggling to manage the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, catapulting us back into a situation reminiscent of the dark days of spring in which hospitals are swamped and medical care suffers.
Andrew Egger is White House correspondent for The Bulwark. He previously covered politics for The Dispatch and The Weekly Standard.
