See the WA State Local page:
Steve_Seattle 11/11/2020 4:20:16 PM PST
Regarding the doctor's statement about the absence of flu so far this fall, maybe it isn't so much that flu cases are being classified as covid cases, but that covid is more contagious than the flu and is “elbowing it out.”
boop 11/11/2020 2:56:40 PM PST
I'm a doctor in Seattle.
Guess what we're not seeing this year?
The FLU.
We're not even testing for it.
But this is knee-deep in the time that the flu starts.
I'll wager that when all is said and done, that these corona spikes are actually flu cases.
The sheer numbers would be about right for this time of year.
Also on the Facebook Issquah Highlands page, a medical professional from the Swedish hospital (a Covid treatment center) said the same things.
Hope that helps.
Thank you very much for sharing your professional perspective. It mirrors what I am being told by my former co-workers on the fire department that I retired from. 90% of our calls are EMS, people having resperatory distress and requiring transport typically are our bread and butter. Since this started around here the call volume has spiked because of all the panicked people not because the actual serious cases have increased.
Yes. Thank you.