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Flu is low this year...

submitted by Nigloo_Dismantler to funny 3.7 yearsSep 27, 2021 12:47:23 ago (+67/-0)     (files.catbox.moe)

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[ - ] Garrett 4 points 3.7 yearsSep 27, 2021 13:29:17 ago (+4/-0)*

best of all, covid and the flu (influenza) are so similar the the pcr test cant distinguish betwen them. the pcr test was even removed for this reason

https://archive.ph/bQEEf

[ - ] Nosferatjew 3 points 3.7 yearsSep 27, 2021 13:30:54 ago (+3/-0)

It's almost as if they are the same thing.

[ - ] AOUsYamaka 0 points 3.7 yearsSep 27, 2021 14:33:53 ago (+0/-0)

You’re just a bad orange man supporter! Trust the science, goyim!

[ - ] chrimony 0 points 3.7 yearsSep 27, 2021 18:50:41 ago (+0/-0)

best of all, covid and the flu (influenza) are so similar the the pcr test cant distinguish betwen them.

That's not what your link says. The Covid-only test would only test for Covid. It wouldn't give a result on flu either way. They changed to use tests that do both at the same time.

[ - ] Boyakasha 4 points 3.7 yearsSep 27, 2021 13:56:55 ago (+4/-0)

I’ve had this exact conversation with numerous covidiots.

[ - ] Broc_Liath 2 points 3.7 yearsSep 27, 2021 17:43:21 ago (+2/-0)

The NPC explanation for this is that the wuflu is so contagious that it's spreading everywhere even with masks and standing slightly further apart at the checkout.

And yet despite it spreading everywhere there's still no one falling dead on the street...

[ - ] 1Icemonkey 1 point 3.7 yearsSep 27, 2021 16:44:35 ago (+1/-0)

Libtards are born contradictory.

[ - ] totes_magotes 0 points 3.7 yearsSep 27, 2021 22:53:12 ago (+0/-0)

The flu shot makes it 40% less likely to have severe COVID. It's likely the COVID shot has a similar affect on the flu.

[ - ] account deleted by user 0 points 3.7 yearsOct 13, 2021 21:39:26 ago (+0/-0)

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[ - ] PostWallHelena -3 points 3.7 yearsSep 27, 2021 16:35:09 ago (+0/-3)

Do you want the answer? Theoretically the flu coud be much lower than in previous years because the social distancing, restrictions, increased hygiene is enough to surpress flu outbreaks because the flu is not as contagious as covid. Covid has much higher viral loads than the flu. Also people who get the flu are now probably overreacting and treating it with antivirals and monitoring it closely, leading to decreased deaths from flu.

The flu only hits a few areas at once in a year, and typically does not return to a region for several years at a time. I think changes in behavior could have changed the R0 of flu enough to seriously hampered its spread but I think that can only last a few years until flu mutates sufficiently to become more infectious or people’s immunities sufficiently to become a lot more vulnerable. I think lowered flu rate is a real signal.

But there could be problems with the reporting system as well (political).

there is no way flu could drop off to near zero but covid is still spreading

I don’t think that’s so.

[ - ] 1Icemonkey 1 point 3.7 yearsSep 27, 2021 16:46:37 ago (+1/-0)

You’re a stupid fronthole.

[ - ] PostWallHelena 0 points 3.7 yearsSep 27, 2021 18:20:46 ago (+0/-0)

I am a smart fronthole and you are jelly.

[ - ] big_fat_dangus 0 points 3.7 yearsSep 27, 2021 17:30:23 ago (+0/-0)

You completely overlooked the fact that the flu vaccine is actually somewhat effective, depending on the year, whereas the covid "vaccine" is not.

[ - ] PostWallHelena 0 points 3.7 yearsSep 27, 2021 18:23:18 ago (+0/-0)

I don’t think its that effective.