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> Well, ok. Little known fact, but on average around every 10 years the worst flu season in 10 years occurs And when one of those worst years comes around I li
by tzs 2y ago
> Well, ok. Little known fact, but on average around every 10 years the worst flu season in 10 years occurs
And when one of those worst years comes around I like to know about it because I don't like getting the flu.
For instance let's say I make a sandwich for lunch on a Saturday and notice I'm getting low on bread. I add bread to my shopping list and notice that I've got a few other things on there. In a normal year I'd probably go the grocery store after lunch.
If I know its a bad time for the flu though I'd probably instead put that off until Monday morning. Saturday afternoon there are a lot of people in the store. Monday morning it is almost empty.
- roenxi 2y agoI doubt that strategy would have any detectable impact on whether you get the flu, or how bad your flu is when you do get it. A bad year and a normal year aren't different enough, let alone whether cases are likely to be transferred from random strangers while shopping, or if that visitation strategy actually helps [0]. There is still a roughly 90% chance you catch a flu case in a different year if you are destined to catch something this decade. [0] If I had the flu, I would be more likely to try and shop on days and times when there aren't many other people shopping.