If masks actually worked to stop flu why didn’t they stop covid? Covid cases literally exploded in spite of mask mandates all over the place. I think masks actually made the covid spread worse.
I think they did. Which means it would be even worse if we did not have them.
Seasonal Influenza R0 is 0.9 - 1.2. COVID-19 R0 was 2.5 for the April variant and 4.3-5.7 for the UK/South Africa variants and other variants with similar mutations.
The disease control measures used to prevent the spread of ebola will not work to stop the spread of measles. While seasonal flu and COVID-19 spread in similar ways, COVID-19 has some level of aerosolized spread and it's highly effective at infecting people within enclosed spaces. Seasonal flu is actually pretty difficult to spread. We just normally pack people in a lot more than we ever realized.