# What happens if you get influenza and SARS-CoV-2 simultatenously?

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**Created:** [March 20, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-get-influenza-and-sars-cov-2-simultatenously/849887 "2020-03-20T13:05:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-get-influenza-and-sars-cov-2-simultatenously/849887/1 "2020-03-20T13:05:10Z")

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Can one’s body fight both successfully and survive?

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I’d guess you’re sicker with the combination than with either one on their own. How much sicker, I don’t know. Could be an incremental thing, or they might compound each other. Or they could just overlap with symptoms.