The northern hemisphere also had exceptionally warm weather this year. Needs to be taken into account
Looks like lockdowns & social-distancing measures aimed at slowing the spread of #coronavirus may have shortened the #influenza season in the northern hemisphere by about six weeks
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01538-8 …pic.twitter.com/uWkCaGSKK8
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Would be interesting to see that applied to past periods of relatively warm winters to see a correlation.
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Who knew washing your hands and staying away from people stopped a virus......
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Possible, yes
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Presumably these measures have inadvertently reduced R of many circulating (cold-causing) viruses too, including other human coronaviruses.
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@KatieBaynes - here is a partial answer to your question! It does look like our COVID-19 measures are influencing the spread of other pathogens! -
Thank you - so interesting. Wonder if any will die out altogether!
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Beh ha senso. Si sa che il principale veicolo sono i bambini e già chiudere asili e scuole cambia la vita...
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A lockdown doesn't seem to be necessary to achieve this six week effect on the Influenza season. Here is the graph from Sweden (vecka = week, antal fall = cases). From https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/folkhalsorapportering-statistik/statistik-a-o/sjukdomsstatistik/influensa-veckorapporter/aktuell-influensarapport/ …pic.twitter.com/juxWkNmR8t
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But travel restrictions and other social distancing measures were still in place even if voluntary. And Sweden would naturally also benefit from measures elsewhere in Europe.
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