Posted on 02/20/2021 9:39:22 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
The 2020/21 flu season has been and remains unusually mild. Preliminary reports suggest this may be due to the preventative measures put in place by government and health officials to help curb the spread of COVID-19. ...a mild flu season could lead to a more virulent following season.
...vaccines for the upcoming flu season, [are based on] the strains that are currently circulating and pay close attention to the strains that dominated the southern hemisphere’s flu season as they denote what strains may dominate the northern hemisphere’s flu season. ...virologist teams that analyze flu genomes to help pinpoint emerging strains say they have a paltry sample size from which to draw this year.
Trevor Bedford, a virologist at the University of Washington...typically has thousands of virus sequences at this point from which to gauge potential dominant strains. Between September 2020 and January 2021, he had 127 Small samples like this means it will be more difficult to decipher which strains may be dominant next year, which may in turn make targeted vaccine creation more challenging.
A lower rate of flu infection one year can also affect natural immunity to the flu, making humans more potentially susceptible to infection next flu season. According to a November 2020 study in which researchers simulated flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) outbreaks in the US assuming a 20% reduction in transmission this flu season, there is the potential for some localized flu and RSV outbreaks to occur during the winter of 2021/22.
...Rachel Baker, cautioned that it’s harder to predict influenza activity using simulation because of viral evolution, which is one reason it’s challenging to make a 100% effective vaccine. ...vaccines could make a decided difference in how impactful the 2021/22 flu season ends up being, as long as enough people get them.
(Excerpt) Read more at weather.com ...
I am so afraid.
Covid redefines Flu
A little cobol for aging techies.
so they will only have a WAG for what strains rather than a SWAG for the next flu season.
Got it.
Getting the flu now and then was not only normal but expected.
Those Weather Channel people may be the sickest people among us.
They want people to get the flu, they want bad weather to happen, they send their reporters out into hurricanes. Sad.
The entire aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed and, hence, clamorous to be led by an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
H.L. Mencken
This is the prelude to mask up EACH AND EVERY flu season till the end of time.
Masks forever. The flu boogeyman is coming for you.
We’re all gonna die!
Anything to keep citizens masked, vaccinated with whatever and dem voting machines in control. We are all going to die.. again.
“Getting the flu now and then was not only normal but expected.”
Yep. It was actually a much needed “break” for me.
Now, getting sick is practically illegal.
And what they’re doing is going to kill a LOT of people.
We are no longer allowed to catch these small bugs - which build our immune systems.
I suspect that once we ARE catching these little bugs again, they’re going to be much worse due to our weakened immunity.
Until they can no longer use it to violate our rights to gather, travel and play, Flu = COVID.
“COVID and variants and flu, oh my!!”
Enough with this hysteria! We’re going to be afraid of our shadow if this keeps up, but that’s what they want, isn’t it?
I have not been told I had the flu by a Dr. since the early 70’s. I remember being fairly sick for over a week. Most folks I know that have had the flu, don’t feel like watching tv or reading a book. What you described sounds like a head cold. I have met many people that claim to have the flu.it is usually just a cold.
Just put your mask on and be confident.
Or just listen intently to Dr. Fauci’s instructions each day and you will soothed and calm.
They have to keep this charade going at least through the 2022 midterms. Universal mail-in ballots are required due to whatever new public health threat they can manufacture. Under no circumstances will they allow Republicans to take back the House and/or increase their total in the Senate.
Had he posted that on twitter he would have received a lifetime ban, Amazon, libraries and schools would have had his books removed, the FBI would be investigating and harassing him as a subversive and Congress would be holding hearings as to whether he should be allowed d to draw breatn.
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