Flu cases may spike in late winter after months of low infection rates.<br />Experts are reluctant to predict a mild season too soon, according to ScienceMag.<br />But many are ready to declare that COVID-19 control measures have prevented lots of flu illnesses.<br />COVID measures dramatically tamped down the flu and other respiratory viruses that we usually face.<br />The World Health Organization says flu activity in the Northern Hemisphere is at “interseasonal levels."<br />That means it’s as low as in an ordinary summer.