Posted on 06/22/2021 4:51:27 PM PDT by Enlightened1
Cases of the flu and other seasonal viruses fell by more than 99 percent last year, a new study suggests.
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin found that, on average, around 4,800 cases of influenza and other common infections were detected each month before the pandemic.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, however, only 12 cases per month on average were detected.
The findings match what many scientists have previously said, that the regular flu season did not happen in America last year because regular masking and social distancing prevented the respiratory illness from spreading.
For the study, published in JAMA Network Open, the team looked at hospital data within its health system from July 2018 to February 2021.
This was compared to data from April 2020 to February 2021 to compare rates of the flu before and after the pandemic.
Flu cases dropped from 4,800 each month to only 12 cases per month on average, a drop of 99.75 percent.
Data from Wisconsin matches a nationwide trend, where flu cases fell dramatically in 2020.
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I was thinking the same thing. Not that I’m an expert on the subject, but it seems a lot more likely than “COVID Killed the Flu”.
Covid cured the flu. Who woulda guessed
Does anyone in authority bother to ask why?
Exactly. Occam’s Razor.
Trust the scientists!!!
Exactly what I was going to post…
For the first winter in decades, I didn’t get a cold, the crud, flu, sore throat, bronchitis, the sniffles or any kind of infection, totally not worth it but the masks and distancing did seem to make a difference.
That sounds like a quote you might find in the Journal Of Irreproducible Results.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal_of_Irreproducible_Results
The Journal of Irreproducible Results is a magazine of science humor.[1] It was established in Israel in 1955 by virologist Alexander Kohn and physicist Harry J. Lipkin, who wanted a humor magazine about science, for scientists.[2] It contains a mix of jokes, satire of scientific practice, science cartoons, and discussion of funny but real research.
https://web.archive.org/web/20190918002040/http://www.jir.com/history.html
Yeah!... Sure!...
And Joe Biden is a solid American patriot...
If all that stopped the flu, why didn’t it stop covid?
Maybe covid actually spreads through the news.
I think it’s because people stayed in, bars and eateries were closed, no parties, etc.
For the first winter in decades, I didn’t get a cold, the crud, flu, sore throat, bronchitis, the sniffles or any kind of infection, totally not worth it but the masks and distancing did seem to make a difference.
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Do you really believe that masks made a difference? I don’t. The most likely
explanation is the flu was counted as Covid. There is so much unknown about Covid, Covid testing, and transmission I find it absurd to jump to a conclusion. The flu is transmitted by touching surfaces, a mask stops Viruses like a chain link fence stops mosquitoes.....I often have to laugh at man’s science.
I wouldn’t get the flu shot going forward. I would expect them to slip the GMO into the flu shot to get more people.
This is a perfect example of why thinking people onot trust “sciene” and those who claim to be practicing (warping) it, today.
You have nailed the lethal flaw in the fake news narrative here. If masking and social distancing stopped the flu, why didn’t it stop Covid. Obviously there is another answer and it is not going to be pretty.
They can put it in any shot.
Your tetanus booster after an accident, for example.
The simulation we live in had a hiccup and exposed the progam. It will get fixed quickly.
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