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Except for 2020 where it's not even going to reach 100. https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/fluview/mortality.html https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/fluview/mortality.html

• acdha 6y ago
  Exactly: that’s not because we suddenly hit herd immunity globally but because isolation masks are effective ways to stop respiratory illnesses.
  • sparrish 6y ago
    I'm confused by your reply. So masks are helping stop the spread of the flu but not Covid?
    • acdha 6y ago
      No, they’re effective on both. My point was that relying on herd immunity will never work again influenza but it responded sharply to the same measures helping reduce COVID cases.