Very interesting study regarding kids, flu vaccine & covid, and also viral interference -- covid "outcompeting the flu."
1/4: "Researchers looked at medical records of 905 children who tested positive for Covid-19 when they were admitted to Arkansas Children's Hospital System

2/4: between Feb. 1 - August 30, 2020. Roughly half had been given the seasonal flu shot.
However, the data shows children that received a flu shot were 29 per cent less likely to develop symptoms of Covid-19 following infection with the coronavirus.

3/4: Those who were vaccinated for influenza were also found to a have 32% reduced risk of developing respiratory symptoms and a 33% drop in the chance of developing severe disease, the scientists found.

4/4: Researchers from the University of Missouri-Columbia, who led the study, believe the flu shot may provide immunological protection against Covid due to a biological phenomenon known as 'viral interference'. https://www.cureus.com/articles/49162-the-flu-vaccination-may-have-a-protective-effect-on-the-course-of-covid-19-in-the-pediatric-population-when-does-severe-acute-respiratory-syndrome-coronavirus-2-sars-cov-2-meet-influenza