Flu has disappeared worldwide during the Covid pandemic

Post by littlestymaar » Fri, Apr 30, 2021, 12:43 PM UTC

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A bias towards testing for Covid wouldn't explain fewer cases of the flu unless those cases of the flu were coming back as Covid falsely instead of so further diagnosis was stopped. If you have a bad enough flue to seek treatment, then once you get that Covid test and it says "negative", you would move on to the next step for treatment. (Consistent with past years - nobody was getting flu tested just cause they had a…

> Seems like the simplest answer is just "actions that have reduced the spread of one disease have also reduced the spread of another, that's historically less widespread already." This is not the simplest answer, and the evidence that the measures have really slowed spread is extremely low except in places like New Zealand and Australia which are small islands in Oceania. --- > A bias towards testing for Covid would…

Post by collyw » Fri, Apr 30, 2021, 1:38 PM UTC

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Where's all the people that were saying Covid is a completely separate thing from the flu?...and every "Covid Death" was a separate death on top of the normal flu death rate? Occam's Razor: Covid isn't a "pandemic", it's a strong flu

If we're using the WHO definition of a pandemic it's a pandemic. If we're using the dictionary definition of a pandemic "(of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or the world." it's a pandemic. If we're using the colloquial definition of a pandemic "a disease that spreads around the world killing lots of people" it's a pandemic. If you want you can consider seasonal flu on the list of pandemics, fine, but you're…

Post by CodeGlitch » Fri, Apr 30, 2021, 1:40 PM UTC

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Damn I wish I had your immune system. Pre-covid I would get sick every September and probably 2 other times in the year (I would have the flu jab every November too!). I'm a germaphobe so wash my hands before eating, etc. I also try and stay fit, don't smoke and hardly drink alcohol. Unless there's a trick I'm missing here?

How was your upbringing? Did you have to use things like public transport when you were young? I imagine some of the early exposures and immune system build up might have good impact later on in life. I am not germaphobe. When people saw someone with flu, they would stay away, i was indifferent. I'd just tell them i am ok with the risk, and most likely i would not even get sick, or if i did, it'd be a very very mild…

Post by dcolkitt » Fri, Apr 30, 2021, 1:53 PM UTC

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Anybody care to weigh in on something I can't figure out. Last October I had some sort of illness, with severe flu like symptoms. However my nasal swab PCR test, taken 48 hours after symptoms, came back negative. I assumed it was flu, but everything I'm read suggests that flu is virtually unheard of this season. For a standard cold, it seemed to severe (102 F fever, body aches and chills). I also had a strong reactio…

False COVID negative sounds plausible. I would have told you to do a serological test, but if you're already vaccinated then it's too late to know now.

Post by galangalalgol » Fri, Apr 30, 2021, 2:23 PM UTC

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I think most people have allergies now don't they? It didn't used to be that way. I get colds with no fever usually.

I think only 1 in 6 or 7 are allergic to anything if you mean seasonal allergies to pollen what most people seem to mean when they say they feel poorly from allergies its only half as prevalent. That is to say most people don't have allergies to confuse with illness and although you might wake up feeling poorly for a number of reasons flu sufferers are liable to suffer from one or more distinguishable symptoms for ex…