Flu Has Disappeared Worldwide during the COVID Pandemic

[At30wecashout]

This Covid shyt's divisive as fukk

It is for all the wrong reasons. If I say I agreed with the lockdown, I am suddenly being attacked for being a liberal sheep. What does safeguarding society at large while figuring out solutions to the most dangerous pandemic in 100 years have to do with politics? The answer is nothing but the Maga morons made this an identity issue just like gender neutral bathrooms and gun control. They literally started that shyt first.

 

[philmonroe]

Your comment implied that masks were the biggest factor in all this... and they’re not. There are several other things that probably had a larger impact. With that said, flu didn’t go completely away. And yes, when you drastically reduce human contact, especially amongst children... there is going to be a stark difference in flu cases.

My comment didn't imply nothing. That's you reaching. I was just laughing at this bogus headline and making a comment on that using these mainly cheap/homemade mask as part of my post. If you're not sure you should ask just like you know you would if you had this same convo offline with a person. Clown nikkas on here talking about conspiracy and shyt when my whole thing is the flu ain't went away completely. dikkheads arguing that asking questions like am I Doctor like that's not basic shyt smh.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Yeah dudes so dumb on here. These dudes really think all it takes to get rid of the flu was homemade and cheap face masks. Smfh. Shows all it takes is the media to program dudes and have them not use any common sense at all. If this was alllll it,took to get rid of the flu why didn't they never ever try it before?

You think the only thing that happened in the last year was masks?


Just straight "kids mingling at school" is such a major spreader of the flu that long before Covid came there were studies comparing flu rates before and during spring break and showing big drops. Now imagine you don't just cancel school for a week, you cancel it for a year. And on top of that you tell the kids not to mingle too much in other settings either, at least not indoors. Then on top of that half the adults were working from home. On top of that you aren't having concerts/athletic events other big crowds. On top of that you don't have people hanging out together indoors for extended periods of time, and when they are together they wear masks.

The # of separate factors that have led to the decrease in flu rates is immense.

Everything getting blamed on covid including clear-cut influenza cases

Record lows of influenza. I wonder why

I don't know how they do it in other countries, but in the USA the flu rates aren't measured by people "blaming" their case on the flu, they're measured by routine sampling and direct lab tests. They report the results of these every week.

For example, in the most recent week for which results are available (week 16 of this year), the CDC received clinical test results of 19,651 people with flu-like symptoms and only 18 tested positive for the flu (obviously the vast majority of those were covid, but sometimes people get other viruses like bad colds or other coronaviruses). Since this year's flu season started on September 27, 2020, the CDC has recorded the testing results from 959,337 samples and only 1,792 have come back positive for influenza.

Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report | CDC

 

[thekingsmen]

Common sense there’s no flu since people are wearing masks. Expect that to be normalized each season.

If mask were for CV-19 and not the flu, why did the mask work for the flu and not CV-19?

 

[philmonroe]

You think the only thing that happened in the last year was masks?


Just straight "kids mingling at school" is such a major spreader of the flu that long before Covid came there were studies comparing flu rates before and during spring break and showing big drops. Now imagine you don't just cancel school for a week, you cancel it for a year. And on top of that you tell the kids not to mingle too much in other settings either, at least not indoors. Then on top of that half the adults were working from home. On top of that you aren't having concerts/athletic events other big crowds. On top of that you don't have people hanging out together indoors for extended periods of time, and when they are together they wear masks.

The # of separate factors that have led to the decrease in flu rates is immense.





I don't know how they do it in other countries, but in the USA the flu rates aren't measured by people "blaming" their case on the flu, they're measured by routine sampling and direct lab tests. They report the results of these every week.

For example, in the most recent week for which results are available (week 16 of this year), the CDC tested 19,651 people with flu-like symptoms and only 18 tested positive for the flu (obviously the vast majority of those were covid, but sometimes people get other viruses like bad colds or other coronaviruses). Since this year's flu season started on September 27, 2020, the CDC has tested 959,337 samples and only 1,792 have come back positive for influenza.

Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report | CDC

Fam I know you still trying to be something you're not offline but just stop it. The point of my post was that the title isn't accurate. If you and others are too stupid to get that please ask instead of doing the online assumption bullshyt y'all doing.

Neg returned to bytch ass fakkit

 

[Prodyson]

My comment didn't imply nothing. That's you reaching. I was just laughing at this bogus headline and making a comment on that using these mainly cheap/homemade mask as part of my post. If you're not sure you should ask just like you know you would if you had this same convo offline with a person. Clown nikkas on here talking about conspiracy and shyt when my whole thing is the flu ain't went away completely. dikkheads arguing that asking questions like am I Doctor like that's not basic shyt smh.

Gotcha boss...


I’m not arguing with you, lol

 

[philmonroe]

Gotcha boss...


I’m not arguing with you, lol

I don't think you're arguing. Its just dudes annoying with that obtuseness when they could just ask if they don't know for sure.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

If mask were for CV-19 and not the flu, why did the mask work for the flu and not CV-19?

Masks have worked to a degree for Covid-19, we've shown you the scientific research numerous times not to mention there is a great deal of obvious evidence for it. Just look at how the countries that actually have strong mask discipline like Japan have faired, or look at how nearly all the politicians in America who have been getting sick/died from Covid have been the Republicans who haven't been strong on masks.

However, Covid is MUCH more communicable than influenza, we've known that since the beginning. So what works somewhat for Covid is going to work much better for a disease that has a more difficult time spreading than Covid. This isn't rocket science.

Fam I know you still trying to be something you're not offline but just stop it. The point of my post was that the title isn't accurate. If you and others are too stupid to get that please ask instead of doing the online assumption bullshyt y'all doing.

Neg returned to bytch ass fakkit

You conspiracy theorists have to resort to conspiracies about me rather than having a discussion.

I don't have to "pretend" to be anything, even a fool like you with zero scientific knowledge is aware that masks haven't been the only measure taken or even the main measure. Closing down schools and major crowd events along with working from home and limiting indoor public interactions has been the biggest change. That's obvious. Masks, social distancing, more intense hygiene, and even greater awareness about not coughing in public are all going to have their impact as well.

And you don't need a degree in science to read the fukking test numbers:

Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report | CDC

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Japan and South Korea rarely have had flu cases in the last 10, due to a large part of the population wearing masks

I’m always wearing a mask in the winter/spring going forward (at stores). It basically eliminates flu strains. Asian countries have been wearing masks for years due to SARS and their flu numbers are low too.

It's amazing how covering your mouth keeps diseases that are spread by your mouth in check.

I'm considering masking up next fall/winter again so I don't catch anything. I didn't even catch a cold since the mask mandate. And I'm definitely going to keep it going on public transportation.

This pandemic has really exposed how many people don't even understand the most basic, obvious shyt about disease and hygiene. Where do they think germs come from? Where do they think they go? Do they even know how communicable diseases spread?

this isn’t Japan or s Korea. Even during the lockdowns here people were still out and about, with the exception of a few places.

use your common sense if you have any.

You don't think schools were closed?

You don't think stadiums/concert halls/everywhere else with large indoor crowds was closed?

You don't think indoor dining was shut down?

You don't think far more people were working from home?

You don't think most people were socially distanced with masks on in the grocery store?

You don't think strangers spent far less time in close contact indoors across the board?

Use your common sense.

 

[itsyoung!!]

Common sense there’s no flu since people are wearing masks. Expect that to be normalized each season.

half the world population not wearing masks so that dont make sense.

also isnt the flu more likely transferrable from touching/hands (example I pick up something at walmart and put it back, and then you pick it up after me) than air way ? So why would masks effect this at all

 

[Professor Emeritus]

the flu doesn't exist if you dont track it. this is such nonsense. it didn't disappear they just call it corona now. people are sohh fukking stoopid.

Working in the health field...flu tests/shots were pretty common requests...now literally NOBODY asks or requests for one..just covid tests

so of course something doesn’t exist..if you ain’t tracking it lol

and then add the masks which lowers numbers as well...

Y'all could just do a 2-second internet search rather than repeating misinformation. They've tested nearly a million samples for flu since September and hardly any (less than 0.2%) are coming back positive for the influenza virus.

Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report | CDC

 

[Wildin]

All this means is that if white people were vigilant about washing their hands, no touching shyt, covering there mouths and staying away from people that the world is a safer place.

 

[BK The Great]

If mask were for CV-19 and not the flu, why did the mask work for the flu and not CV-19?

half the world population not wearing masks so that dont make sense.

also isnt the flu more likely transferrable from touching/hands (example I pick up something at walmart and put it back, and then you pick it up after me) than air way ? So why would masks effect this at all

I don’t know but the masks have helped for COVID. Maybe not many people were around each other during the season but we can’t say they haven’t helped. I guess people are finally practicing better hygiene too.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

half the world population not wearing masks so that dont make sense.

also isnt the flu more likely transferrable from touching/hands (example I pick up something at walmart and put it back, and then you pick it up after me) than air way ? So why would masks effect this at all

Everyone has always known that schools are the biggest reservoir for the flu and children spread that shyt like crazy. Schools have been closed down for a year. Don't you realize that's a major factor?

Not to mention masks, social distancing, better hand-washing, more sanitizing, working from home, people buying more shyt online rather than going into stores, all large-crowd events getting shut down, no indoor dining or other extended-time indoor events, etc.

It would be more shocking if influenza hadn't gone down dramatically. Y'all want this to be magic or some shyt when the explanations are obvious.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Internet tough guys who think they're also more knowledgeable than doctors and scientists who actually study this stuff

After you posted that, I assumed they'd respond with posts demonstrating their knowledge and prove you wrong.

Yall believe this bullshyt?

Yeah ok

Why don't any of you chocolate covered cacs ever make me shut up? You bytchass nikkas just follow shyt like the worthless products of bytches you are.

I guess your dikkeating ass wanted some daps. This bullshyt don't even make sense. I guess your job as a janitor taught you all the cleaning techniques p*ssy

People say Internet tough guys when its always a simple way to prove that statement incorrect. That term is a copout. There is nothing I said that acts like I'm more knowledgable than doctors. Guess you nikka nerd cac wannabes are too emotional to see that. Dumb bytches the flu isn't gone and if you think it is you're smoking more than the dikks you normally are.

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