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US sees 99.9% drop in flu cases after coronavirus lockdowns

• just-juan-post 6y ago
  What they are saying makes no sense. The UK tried this exact same things a few weeks ago and a handful of sane people called them out on it. So what then - Coronavirus somehow eliminated the flu, killed it perhaps? Did the flu simply decide to disappear? Why did the flu disappear now? Has this ever happened before? I'd really like to hear an explanation.
  • icedchai 6y ago
    It makes sense that social distancing works for the flu and other diseases, too. See https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01538-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01538-8
  • Fjolsvith 6y ago
    Medical facilities get money to report Coronavirus but not Flu? I knew that our local hospital wasn't taking anything but COVID cases for a while. Kept all the flu cases away.
• onecommentman 6y ago
  The cited CDC weekly report has a graph that compares weekly ILI (influenza-like illnesses) cases per week for each of the last few flu seasons. For the same time period (calendar week), influenza cases are roughly the same for 2020 as in past years, according to the chart. I don’t see what the OP is referring to. CDC do note that they are going to change how this is being reported in the coming weeks to include COVID. This could cause confusion when tracking both COVID and regular ol’ flu when the flu season cranks up...hope they make things better than worse.