I can say… until covid those who work in the lab dreaded the flu vaxes. Just weeks afterwards everyone brings at least a second person to the emergency room for flu symptoms demanding a test. We could be taking care of stroke and heart attack patients… instead it’s a family of flu testing.
School starts back at the same time, but most of those over 50 will tell you how that goes each year.
A few years ago obama made the precedent law that all halts are workers in facilities receiving medicare are required to have a flu vax. It’s for the greater good. Tyranny.
Thankfully covid cyred the flu.
However, I must skeptically say, test positivity or negativity is determined by the manufacturers under fda rules.
I remember all the test problems with hiv. So so many false positives for a couple of decades. And the entire human race was supposed to get it if we didn’t fund cures. Billions of dollars spent and the same risk group still gets it in much higher numbers than the gen pop.
For the last 20+ years, our community, basically seldom had any real flu cases until after Thanksgiving.
Most of the Fp’s and Im’s start the week before or the week after with the flu shots. If the patients want early flu shots, they can go to a pharmacy and get their shots on demand.