Global circulation of influenza viruses in 2020
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Re: Global circulation of influenza viruses in 2020
#2Well, not _completely_:
"A total of 172 specimens were positive for influenza viruses, of which 108 (62.8%) were typed as influenza A and 64 (37.2%) as influenza B."
Re: Global circulation of influenza viruses in 2020
#3I mean, it certainly looks lower, but if you look at the same time in 2019, it was very low then as well. If it still looks this low in 10 weeks, I'll be impressed.
Re: Global circulation of influenza viruses in 2020
#4I can say that for march to may in France everybody that died with COVID like symptoms was counted as a COVID fatality since we didn't have enough tests.
So it could very well be that many people died of the flu but were counted as COVID, we'll never know.
Re: Global circulation of influenza viruses in 2020
#5I can say that for march to may in France everybody that died with COVID like symptoms was counted as a COVID fatality since we didn't have enough tests. So it could very well be that many people died of the flu but were counted as COVID, we'll never know.
But this article is using flu-tests to test for specimens of the flu.
Why would a lack of COVID tests mess up the flu-tests that they're using?
Re: Global circulation of influenza viruses in 2020
#6I can say that for march to may in France everybody that died with COVID like symptoms was counted as a COVID fatality since we didn't have enough tests. So it could very well be that many people died of the flu but were counted as COVID, we'll never know.
how dare you :-)
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#7A lot of people aren’t going to doctor’s offices right now. I personally know of 3 people with flu like symptoms who refused to go to the doctor for a variety of reasons, but one mentioned being a outcast for possibly having COVID 19.
Re: Global circulation of influenza viruses in 2020
#8I can say that for march to may in France everybody that died with COVID like symptoms was counted as a COVID fatality since we didn't have enough tests. So it could very well be that many people died of the flu but were counted as COVID, we'll never know.
But this article is using flu-tests to test for specimens of the flu. Why would a lack of COVID tests mess up the flu-tests that they're using?
He’s saying the published stats could be off because of a bias toward diagnosing flu deaths as COVID deaths without testing for COVID. That is, the suggestion seems to me to be that the sampling methodology may underrepresent flu. I don’t know that I agree, but I suppose it’s possible.
Re: Global circulation of influenza viruses in 2020
#9I can say that for march to may in France everybody that died with COVID like symptoms was counted as a COVID fatality since we didn't have enough tests. So it could very well be that many people died of the flu but were counted as COVID, we'll never know.
But this article is using flu-tests to test for specimens of the flu. Why would a lack of COVID tests mess up the flu-tests that they're using?
They didn't perform flu tests on all "covid" deaths.
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#10A lot of people aren’t going to doctor’s offices right now. I personally know of 3 people with flu like symptoms who refused to go to the doctor for a variety of reasons, but one mentioned being a outcast for possibly having COVID 19.
Not sure why you are getting flagged. People not seeking medical assistance could be a reason why the sampling isn’t collecting any flu case.