Whoa Whoa Whoa.......I’m a ER nurse in a busy ER. And I can tell you first hand that I’ve only done 2 flu swabs last year, and they were pediatric cases. Normally we do flu swabs on everyone with flu like symptoms during flu season. However, with COVID its been....you either have COVID or a viral syndrome. I imagine other hospitals have the same practice.
We check for the flu and covid at both hospitals I work at or do clinicals at.