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The flu season just past was unusually bad, even by comparison with e.g. 2017-18, which was itself no walk in the park. It's not a safe bet for anyone to assum
by throwanem 7y ago
The flu season just past was unusually bad, even by comparison with e.g. 2017-18, which was itself no walk in the park.
It's not a safe bet for anyone to assume on that basis that they've already had the coronavirus and are now immune. Those bad flu-like symptoms were flu symptoms, and confer no immunity against SARS-CoV-2.
- DanBC 7y agoYes. I remember pre-covid a lot of people in the UK were looking at Australia's flu season which was really rough -- hospitalising a lot more people than usual flu seasons -- and we were trying to get as many staff and patients immunised as possible. We were looking at tweets like this in June 2019: https://twitter.com/drdhanlon/status/1137512141970399232?s=20 https://twitter.com/drdhanlon/status/1137512141970399232?s=2... Or this: https://twitter.com/SFHTCOO/status/1151783951016628226?s=20 https://twitter.com/SFHTCOO/status/1151783951016628226?s=20