{"id":32203,"date":"2026-01-12T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wholehealthchicago.com\/blog\/?p=32203"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:04:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:04:18","slug":"how-to-cope-with-our-current-double-whammy-of-covid-flu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wholehealthchicago.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/12\/how-to-cope-with-our-current-double-whammy-of-covid-flu","title":{"rendered":"HOW TO COPE WITH OUR CURRENT DOUBLE WHAMMY OF COVID + FLU"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s not enough that every single day\u2019s headline has something stressful: ICE shootings; Greenland\/Venezuela\/Ukraine; Feds withholding aid for food and medicine; but now both COVID and flu are on the rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

January and February are the big flu months and what\u2019s left of the DOGE decimated CDC is warning that another pandemic of a new virus, unrelated to COVID may be in our futures later in the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you start developing flu or COVID symptoms and they\u2019re worsening (fever, cough, muscle aches), get a combination self-test kit<\/a> and if \u201cpositive\u201d contact your primary care provider for Tamiflu for flu or Paxlovid for COVID. You need to start these ASAP in order for maximum effectiveness. In fact, take the first dose in the drugstore!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have been getting a LOT OF CALLS <\/strong>from WholeHealth Chicago patients, mainly with flu, so I don\u2019t have to check the CDC data to know the numbers are increasing, but you can take many steps to make sure you don\u2019t become ill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PREVENTION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s an interesting chart<\/a> left over from the COVID pandemic in 2020 listing where you\u2019re most likely to get infected with a viral infection. Virtually all my patients are telling me a variant of, \u201cI knew I shouldn\u2019t have gone to that convention, reunion, crowded bar.\u201d If you must go to a crowded place, slip on a mask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SUPPLEMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No dramatic changes here from my COVID recommendations, but I am astonished<\/strong> that when I measure blood levels of these potent immune boosters during routine exams, how low their levels are. In other words, people are walking about during this flu\/COVID Double Whammy vulnerable to infections with a capital \u201cV.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Order the following from our apothecary and take regularly (although the mushrooms can be discontinued when the flu season is over):<\/p>\n\n\n\n