Flu?
Been thinking lately about the flu. I said to my wife it's amazing you don't hear about it at all.
This time of the year flu rises with kids going back to school. Similar seasonality as to what we’ve seen with covid.
Does anyone ever test positive for it? Could COVID be a flu strain that they allow to go untreated? Does anyone take tamilfu anymore?
Pulled this directly from the CDC website:
“2020-21 Flu Season Summary FAQ Summary
What was the 2020-2021 flu season like?
Flu activity was unusually low throughout the 2020-2021 flu season both in the United States and globally, despite high levels of testing. During September 28, 2020–May 22, 2021 in the United States, 1,675 (0.2%) of 818,939 respiratory specimens tested by U.S. clinical laboratories were positive for an influenza virus. The low level of flu activity during this past season contributed to dramatically fewer flu illnesses, hospitalizations, and deaths compared with previous flu seasons. For comparison, during the last three seasons before the pandemic, the proportion of respiratory specimens testing positive for influenza peaked between 26.2% and 30.3%. In terms of hospitalizations, the cumulative rate of laboratory-confirmed influenza-associated hospitalizations in the 2020-2021 season was the lowest recorded since this type of data collection began in 2005. For pediatric deaths, CDC received one report of a pediatric flu death in a child during the 2020–2021 flu season. Since flu deaths in children became nationally notifiable in 2004, reported flu deaths in children had previously ranged from a low of 37 (during 2011-2012) to a high of 199 (during 2019-2020).”
0.2% last year as positive specimens, and typically 26.2%-30.3% (last three years).
1 child flu death when it’s usually 37-199.
Give me a break!
Seems like they just allowed flu to run rampant/untreated under the guise of a pandemic.
This time of the year flu rises with kids going back to school. Similar seasonality as to what we’ve seen with covid.
Does anyone ever test positive for it? Could COVID be a flu strain that they allow to go untreated? Does anyone take tamilfu anymore?
Pulled this directly from the CDC website:
“2020-21 Flu Season Summary FAQ Summary
What was the 2020-2021 flu season like?
Flu activity was unusually low throughout the 2020-2021 flu season both in the United States and globally, despite high levels of testing. During September 28, 2020–May 22, 2021 in the United States, 1,675 (0.2%) of 818,939 respiratory specimens tested by U.S. clinical laboratories were positive for an influenza virus. The low level of flu activity during this past season contributed to dramatically fewer flu illnesses, hospitalizations, and deaths compared with previous flu seasons. For comparison, during the last three seasons before the pandemic, the proportion of respiratory specimens testing positive for influenza peaked between 26.2% and 30.3%. In terms of hospitalizations, the cumulative rate of laboratory-confirmed influenza-associated hospitalizations in the 2020-2021 season was the lowest recorded since this type of data collection began in 2005. For pediatric deaths, CDC received one report of a pediatric flu death in a child during the 2020–2021 flu season. Since flu deaths in children became nationally notifiable in 2004, reported flu deaths in children had previously ranged from a low of 37 (during 2011-2012) to a high of 199 (during 2019-2020).”
0.2% last year as positive specimens, and typically 26.2%-30.3% (last three years).
1 child flu death when it’s usually 37-199.
Give me a break!
Seems like they just allowed flu to run rampant/untreated under the guise of a pandemic.
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