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flu season is pretty low as far as I've heard. I don't have a lot of evidence only this and some articles I read last year about it being dead as soon as masks

• spijdar 6y ago
  I can't speak to a wide area, but where I live in the US, the flu is definitely not dead. Despite wearing a mask, keeping socially distance and basically not traveling except when essential, I caught type B of the flu, and my doctors told me they've had a shocking number of flu cases. They seemed to expect to see fewer, too, but have observed the opposite.
  • chrononaut 6y ago
    > Seasonal influenza activity in the United States remains lower than usual for this time of year. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm While not dead as GP expressed, there are notably fewer infections so far this year.
    • neves 6y ago
      I'll probably start to use a mask every flu season.
    • spijdar 6y ago
      That's fair. I didn't mean to imply things are exploding, though I guess it sounds like I did. It just sounds like even doctors expected flu to be almost non-existent, but instead it seems ... oddly normal.
      • denimnerd46 6y ago
        > Key Points > Flu activity is unusually low at this time but may increase in the coming months. How did you even get the flu.
• dmix 6y ago
  That's a good point, my local pharmacist said that sales of cold and cough syrup has been down significantly, almost non existent, since our city has had lockdowns.