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Nevertheless, stories of the health sector being overstrained have been evident.

The supply chain problems emerged last spring when demand, especially for consumer goods, overstrained supply networks already discombobulated by the pandemic.

He said every nerve had been overstrained in some way, and the whole system must sleep torpid a while.

Even so, researchers are optimistic that it will come to play a role, even if it cannot alleviate the demands on the world’s overstrained testing systems.

When hospital systems get overwhelmed, he said, that’s when the mortality rate increases, and getting the flu vaccine will help prevent overstraining the hospital systems during the pandemic.