There has reportedly been a 98 percent decrease in flu cases from last year.
Public-health experts prepared for a “twindemic” as fall approached last year: a double threat of the coronavirus and the seasonal flu.
But even as cold, dry weather descended on the Northern Hemisphere and COVID-19 cases surged, the US and UK have experienced historically mild flu seasons.
Between October 1 and January 30, just 155 Americans were hospitalized with the flu, compared to 8,633 during roughly the same time frame a year ago. That’s a 98% decrease. Labs in the US have collected and tested more than half a million samples for the flu since late September, but just 0.2% of those samples tested positive (1,300 in total), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Every US state is experiencing “minimal” flu activity, the agency reported. That’s in contrast from last season, when 22,000 Americans died of the flu.
Maybe that’s because flu cases are being diagnosed as COVID-19 cases and COVID-19 is really just another variation of the flu.
Just a guess on my part though.
