[mewzilla]

Anyone know if patients whonare suspected of having WuFlu are tested for both WuFlu and influenza...?

And if influenza patients can generate a positive WuFlu test result on any of the WuFlu tests?

[Boomer]

Truth tellers are now called “mavericks”?

I think not because they called McCain a maverick and he was nothing but a douchebag.

[Regulator]

“Masks, social distancing, and hand washing are all effective counter-measures against colds and flu”

That may be true, but having a travel ban on China means the usual Type A / B flu can’t get here this season.

May also be some of the other things mentioned but everyone is missing that rather large point: the carriers can’t get here easily right now.

[who knows what evil?]

No kidding. (rolls eyes) Take off your mask, and live normally.

[rktman]

Hmmmm. I suppose it would be silly to proclaim the end of flu due to covid kicking it’s viral butt? IS covid the new flu? Is covid attacking and killing the flu virus’? We don’t get flu shot either.

I do see an issue with so many “front line” folks saying they’re not taking the vaccine. There’s allegedly already a shortage of workers so clinics and hospitals would be hard pressed to make the vaccine a condition of employment right? For me, “MY BODY MY CHOICE!”, to re-use the pro abortion folks placards. :-)

[null and void]

Nice to see this gaining some traction...

Bring Out Your Dead

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

The false positive rate was 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

Quarantine the sick. Protect the vulnerable. Free everyone else.

[Swiffer_Ralf]

So can I tick my “ it’s a super flu” box or is it the “ only covid exists not flu” box

It’s do confusing ????

[Tired of Taxes]

Where have all the flu cases gone?

Nowhere. The CDC has been lying about the flu for years.

They've been combining flu & pneumonia numbers to make the number of flu deaths look larger, just so more people will get flu shots. They've been "estimating" the number of flu deaths to look much larger than it really is. That's what many of us were trying to tell everyone here when covid first broke out.

[walkingdead]

“Masks, social distancing, and hand washing are all effective counter-measures against colds and flu.”

To lump masks and social distancing in with soap, in the reduction of viruses, is idiotic. The single greatest help mankind has ever had vs these diseases, is soap. Y orders of magnitude.....

[T. P. Pole]

“Masks, social distancing, and hand washing are all effective counter-measures against colds and flu.”

And yet, we are told the reason Covid is spreading is because folks aren’t wearing masks or social distancing.

[Mom MD]

Some epidemiologist if he doesn’t know the difference between covid and influenza. Yes there is a difference

[TexasGator]

[Mr Rogers]

“Masks....are all effective counter-measures against colds and flu.”

Odd. Until 2020, all the science said masks were worthless against viruses. Good against bacteria, blood and snot, though....

[elpadre]

Data reveals total deaths from all causes in 2020 is about what is is for the past several years. Why??

https://web.archive.org/web/20201126223119/https://www.jhunewsletter.com/article/2020/11/a-closer-look-at-u-s-deaths-due-to-covid-19

[varyouga]

Influenza has a much lower transmission rate than covid19. Of course cases will greatly decline versus previous years with so many gatherings worldwide shut down. You can’t deny that big groups of people spread virus.

There are distinct tests for flu and covid19. It is very easy to figure out if a patient has one (or even both). In MOST cases.

Medicine is never 100%, mistakes happen and we can often find a few rare cases that contradict nearly anything we’ve learned. This does not mean we have a global conspiracy by nearly every medical professional on earth...

[djf]

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3919924/posts

[stylin19a]

wait, what ? Flubros win?

[Robert357]

That would explain a lot.

Actually, in parts of WA State, they are no longer testing for influenza. The labs are too busy processing Covid-19 cases and test.

[joe fonebone]

I was watching a law and order marathon, and in an episode from the’90’s, they are investigating the murder of a woman with a vial of covid virus in her trunk.

It was covid back in the’90’s...
In other words, the flu