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Also, spreading of flu during "flu season" is marked by holidays when long distance travel happens. This causes slightly different strains of the flu to be brou
by nedwards72756 7y ago
Also, spreading of flu during "flu season" is marked by holidays when long distance travel happens. This causes slightly different strains of the flu to be brought into regions where people do not have a natural defense to that strain.
- aquadrop 7y agoThere is a lot of long distance traveling during summer as well, with all the vacations.
- slowmovintarget 7y agoInteresting tidbit I learned at a Town Meeting (streamed) yesterday. Winter Break in Massachusetts was instituted to halt the rapid spread of flu during the winter months. Kids would take it into school, spread it among themselves and bring it home to adults, who would get hit harder by it. The winter break put an an incidental isolation in place that slowed the person-to-person spread down. This is why schools have to close now to control the spread of COVID-19.
- cvwright 7y agoI think you mean February break. Winter break usually refers to the break that includes Christmas and New Years Day. In Massachusetts they instituted a second break in February, in addition to spring break in April, in order to cut the flu season.