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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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