[zeugma]

Since they don’t actually have a test that can discriminate between the flu, the chicom flu, or variants, any pronouncements about this should be taken with a large dose of salt.

[BenLurkin]

Somebody emailed me a meme claiming that. Not sure how it got started when there the technology in use for distinguishing the different strains have been around for a long time.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/variants/variant-info.html

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/variants/cdc-role-surveillance.html

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/variants/variant-surveillance.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fcases-updates%2Fvariant-surveillance.html