Flu Numbers This Year due to Covid

[Milwaukee]

Thoughts? I wouldn’t think this is political but if it is feel free to move it mods.

 

[LibertyTurns]

The scientists certainly are not wrong. We just have a year without the flu. Not like it hasn’t happened before.

 

[Deleted member 2897]

Social distancing and mask wearing will tend to reduce all contagious disease spread, so I wonder if it has something to do with that.

 

[GTNavyNuke]

Social distancing and mask wearing will tend to reduce all contagious disease spread, so I wonder if it has something to do with that.

And hand washing and not going to work sick. Plus more people are getting the vaccine (flu shot) this year based on early supplies running out.

 

[GTrob21]

Working from home, social dististancing, wearing a mask, washing hands, will all really help stop the spread of a disease that's primary transmission method is on micro particles.

That is not political, that is just the way that these types of diseases work. I have been tracking the number in Australia since they are always the leading edge into flu season, and they are sharply down.

 

[Techster]

This makes sense considering there are a lot of people wearing face masks, prolifically washing hands, and social distancing these days. You would have to assume that's a lot of people taking themselves out of the seasonal flu infection chain.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Prevention

Taking the necessary steps to prevent SARS-CoV-2 and the symptoms of COVID-19 are imperative to stopping the transmission.

www.healthline.com

Also what some on here have said, people are being aggressive about taking flu shots this year in anticipation another Covid wave. It gives you hope that if we continue wear face masks in public, wash our hands, and social distance, we can beat down Covid once we get a viable vaccine.

 

[Deleted member 2897]

Dr. Brett Giroir, a leading public health official on the COVID task force, was on The Today Show this morning. He said we’re only using 1/3rd of our testing capacity currently. That’s a really good sign, because that means if the case load increases and the flu also begins to rear its head we’ll still have ample resources for quick test result turnarounds.

I have to admit I’m worried about the basketball season. They’ve announced a positive test result removes a player from circulation for 14 days. That’s 4-6 games missed. You get a couple positives and pretty quickly you could have a super thin bench.

I like our lineup this year. Saba, Howard, Moses. We have several people at every position should we run into any minor issue. Would be pretty 2020 for us to be looking at our best year in a decade and then have the season fall apart.

 

[takethepoints]

I remember Fauci saying early on that COVID would help with the flu, for the reasons given above. He couldn't suppress a small smile at that; he and the entire epidemiological community around the world has been trying to get people to wear masks and wash their hands during flu season for decades. After we get a COVID vaccine, I think we will see a marked decrease in flu deaths going forward. The 30 - 60K deaths from the flu every year are completely unnecessary.

 

[Milwaukee]

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