Yup. In fact, when I saw one of those conspiracy "Covid is a lie" memes that used "flu cases are down!" as a talking point, I quite literally didn't get it for

Yup. In fact, when I saw one of those conspiracy "Covid is a lie" memes that used "flu cases are down!" as a talking point, I quite literally didn't get it for a minute. I thought to myself, "Of course flu cases are down when everyone's sheltering at home in March and April, what's their point?" It took me a very long time to realize that they were pushing the conspiracy theory that flu infections were being intentionally miscategorized as covid infections.