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> And why did flu apparently disappear during COVID? Because they stopped tracking it to give resources to tracking SARS-CoV-2, nothing more. The CDC had a not
by Izkata 2y ago
> And why did flu apparently disappear during COVID?
Because they stopped tracking it to give resources to tracking SARS-CoV-2, nothing more. The CDC had a note at the bottom of their site explaining why their graphs flatlined, and despite it people used those graphs as evidence it really did disappear.
- mike_hearn 2y agoIt disappeared also in countries that continued doing routine flu surveillance.
- DiogenesKynikos 2y agoIt disappeared because of social distancing. Influenza is less transmissible than SARS-CoV-2, so the measures used to keep SARS-CoV-2 under control were even more effective at shutting down transmission of the flu.