On March 12th, 2020, Anderson Cooper and Dr. Sanjay Gupta held a global town hall on Corona Facts and Fears. During the discussion, Anderson said to the viewing audience, And, again, if you are concerned about coronavirus, and you havent gotten a flu shot
you should get a flu shot. Setting safety and efficacy of influenza vaccination aside, is Andersons claim that the flu shot will help people fight COVID-19 remotely true? The short answer is no.
In fact, the results of many peer-reviewed, published studies prove that Andersons recommendation may have been the worst advice he could have given the public.