The United States has an "Influenza-Like-Illness" surveillance system in place. In my area, if you look at the data [0], the 2019-2020 season was already above

The United States has an "Influenza-Like-Illness" surveillance system in place. In my area, if you look at the data [0], the 2019-2020 season was already above average by week 42 or 43 (October 2019). By December 2019, it had significantly spiked, but was similar to the 2017-2018 season. It wasn't until late January or early February 2020 that it had outpaced 2017-2018 and by then the world already knew it was Covid-19. We are looking at historical information with knowledge that wasn't available at that time. You have to be generous in interpreting what you see because of this. This analysis of Wuhan hospitals needs to be more than 2018 vs 2019. What about 2017, 2016, etc? [0] http://www.dph.illinois.gov/topics-services/diseases-and-conditions/influenza/influenza-surveillance http://www.dph.illinois.gov/topics-services/diseases-and-con...