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Maybe this could be an explanation for the most unexpected dip in COVID-19 infection around January. Does data for rhinovirus infections get collected to such a

by etiam 6y ago

Maybe this could be an explanation for the most unexpected dip in COVID-19 infection around January. Does data for rhinovirus infections get collected to such an extent that it would be possible to compare curves?

danaliv 6y ago
I thought the January dip was from the end of holiday travel.
- throwaway122378 6y ago
  The dip was correlated to Trump leaving office.
- thehappypm 6y ago
  Short answer is nobody knows. The winter spike began around late October so you can't say it had much to do with holidays really -- maybe it's weather, made worse by holiday travel, made worse by students being back in school.
dehrmann 6y ago
Flu cases are way down, so by proxy, I'd assume colds are also down unless a lot more people got flu shots this season.
- oliv__ 6y ago
  Flu case numbers are way down. I wouldn't be so sure that flu cases are down