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Get your flu shot — what to expect when COVID-19 and flu season collide: CBC Asks

Join our Facebook Live Thursday at noon with Dr. Jacqueline Wong, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at McMaster Children's Hospital and Dr. Zain Chagla, infectious diseases physician and medical director of infection control at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton.

Join our live interview on Thursday at noon on Facebook; send us your questions and comments

What should we expect when flu season and COVID-19 collide? How can we protect ourselves? Should parents keep their kids at home, remote learning, before flu season is at its worst? We'll be asking these questions and more. Send us your questions and comments as well and we'll ask the experts.

Join our Facebook Live Thursday at noon with Dr. Jacqueline Wong, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at McMaster Children's Hospital and Dr. Zain Chagla, infectious diseases physician and medical director of infection control at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton. 

Dr. Chagla and Dr. Wong say it will be more important this season to get your flu shot. They'll separate the facts from fiction when it comes to wearing masks, treating COVID and more.

Live on Thursday at noon two infectious disease specialists talk about what to expect when flu season hits under COVID-19. Send us your comments and questions and we'll ask the experts. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press)

CBC's Conrad Collaco interviews Dr. Wong and Dr. Chagla live at noon on Facebook this Thursday. You can also watch live on this page.

Be a part of our live chat. What do you want to know about COVID-19 and the flu? Let us know in the comments section on this page, by email at [email protected] or on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.