Win / Conspiracies
Conspiracies
Communities Topics Log In Sign Up
Sign In
Hot
All Posts
Settings
All
Profile
Saved
Upvoted
Hidden
Messages

Your Communities

General
AskWin
Funny
Technology
Animals
Sports
Gaming
DIY
Health
Positive
Privacy
News
Changelogs

More Communities

frenworld
OhTwitter
MillionDollarExtreme
NoNewNormal
Ladies
Conspiracies
GreatAwakening
IP2Always
GameDev
ParallelSociety
Privacy Policy
Terms of Service
Content Policy
Win uses cookies, which are essential for the site to function. We don't want your data, nor do we share it with anyone. I accept.
DEFAULT COMMUNITIES • All General AskWin Funny Technology Animals Sports Gaming DIY Health Positive Privacy
Conspiracies Conspiracy Theories & Facts
hot new rising top

Sign In or Create an Account

25
()
posted 2 years ago by pkvi 2 years ago by pkvi +27 / -2
14 comments share
14 comments share save hide report block hide replies
You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread.
Comments (14)
sorted by:
▲ 1 ▼
– icockmyglock 1 point 2 years ago +2 / -1

The story of influenza disappearing is an interesting result of covid mitigation. Being that influenza is a larger virus than covid, it main mode of transmission is in droplets from sneezing, coughing and other fomites. Those fomites then infect others generally by hand to face, hand to mucus membrane contact. It's not surprising that the flu would all but disappear in a world where there is social distancing, routine hand sanitation and surfaces being wiped down on a regular basis.

What is concerning is the almost complete disappearance of deaths from ailments that don't just disappear when washing hands frequently: heart attacks, stroke, cancer, etc.

permalink save report block reply
▲ 2 ▼
– jc99ta 2 points 2 years ago +2 / -0

We've been told the reason covid hasn't gone away with masking is people aren't following the mask mandates. So which is it?

permalink parent save report block reply
▲ 1 ▼
– icockmyglock 1 point 2 years ago +1 / -0

B E C A U S E M O R E P E O P L E A R E B E I N G M O R E C A R E F U L W A S H I N G T H E I R H A N D S A N D S U R F A C E S , D I S T A N C I N G W E A R I N G M A S K S T H A N B E F O R E.

permalink parent save report block reply
▲ 1 ▼
– jc99ta 1 point 2 years ago +1 / -0

Can't tell if serious. Hospitals have always been one of the most stringent as far as cleanliness, masks, PPE etc, yet we see significant nosocomial transmission of covid as well as other diseases like staph.

It may help, but not enough to wipe out flu in the wild.

permalink parent save report block reply
▲ 2 ▼
– deleted 2 points 2 years ago +2 / -0
▲ 1 ▼
– icockmyglock 1 point 2 years ago +1 / -0

I can't answer your question based solely on the graph. However, the spread of flu has been well understood for several decades, so I'm not sure why you're taking issue with my statement about fomites, masks, hand & surface sanitation. These are all known to be effective combating the flu.

I do agree that there is lots of weeeeeeiiiiird and suspicious circumstances surrounding covid. And I also believe that deaths are being blamed on covid that should not be blamed on covid.

All I'm saying is I don't find it surprising that flu has disappeared while also having stated that I do find it weird that other illnesses that are not effectively treated wearing mask, washing hands and surfaces have also disappeared.

permalink parent save report block reply
▲ 1 ▼
– deleted 1 point 2 years ago +1 / -0
▲ 1 ▼
– icockmyglock 1 point 2 years ago +1 / -0

Masks were never a magic bullet, but as a cronic nail biter & face scratcher I can tell you that they greatly limit those activities just by creating a physical barrier to dirty fingers entering mouths.

You people beating me up for not being surprised that the flu is greatly attenuated using techniques that have been known for decades to be affective at preventing the spread of the flu which is mostly transmitted via fomites and dirty fingers touching mucus membranes seem to be fixated on magic bullet solution or failures, but when taken as a whole it would appear that the techniques of washing hands, surfaces, wearing masks and distancing that we've been told for decades are effective at preventing transmission of the flu are actually effective at preventing transmission of the flu. And then you're getting all up in my ass like I'm a pro-mask-covid npc while telling me I'm wrong about a virus that is many times more infectious than the flu to what I'm saying about the flu. Please do me a favor and piss off with your infantile bullshit of absolutes.a

permalink parent save report block reply
... continue reading thread?
▲ 1 ▼
– Bungleweed 1 point 2 years ago +1 / -0

Soooo why haven’t they been telling us wear masks for decades now during flu season? They just let all those ppl die?

What about the studies done through out the 2000s on hospital staff, mask wearing and whether or not it helped slow the spread of flu that shows it has a negligible effect?

I could see the flu going down because ppl didn’t go visit other ppl but it should still spreading in some places. I could see a reduction in flu cases but not a 98% reduction.

Where I live, tons of ppl should’ve still gotten the flu last year Bc probably only half the ppl even wore masks. And 25 percent of the other half wore them incorrectly. Kids wore masks as school but not at lunch or snack.

I do think some of it is people didn’t go to the doctor like the usually would. I’ve probably had the flu a few times and not KNOWN it was the flu Bc I didn’t go get tested. Why would I? There isn’t really a treatment…but a lot of people used to run to the doctor for everything but now only go if it’s necessary. Like it should be.

permalink parent save report block reply
▲ 1 ▼
– icockmyglock 1 point 2 years ago +1 / -0

Soooo why haven’t they

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-10-surgical-masks-flu.html

There has been discussion about just that.

permalink parent save report block reply
▲ 1 ▼
– Bungleweed 1 point 2 years ago +1 / -0

That’s the study I was talking about, thanks

The one wear it says there no real benefit in wearing masks for flu. So how did the masks stop the flu?

permalink parent save report block reply

GIFs

Conspiracies Wiki & Links

Conspiracies Book List

External Digital Book Libraries

Mod Logs

Honor Roll

Conspiracies.win: This is a forum for free thinking and for discussing issues which have captured your imagination. Please respect other views and opinions, and keep an open mind. Our goal is to create a fairer and more transparent world for a better future.

The Golden Rule: Be respectful. Attack the argument, not the person.

Disclaimer: Submissions/comments of exceptionally low quality, trolling, stalking, spam, and those submissions/comments determined to be intentionally misleading, calls to violence and/or abuse of other users here, may all be removed at moderator's discretion.

Moderators

  • Doggos
  • axolotl_peyotl
  • trinadin
  • PutinLovesCats
  • clemaneuverers
  • C
Message the Moderators

Terms of Service | Privacy Policy

2023.37.01 - gtjfb (status)

Copyright © 2023.

Terms of Service | Privacy Policy