Seems a bit of a mystery to me that masks and social distancing completely eliminated normal seasonal flu deaths but not COVID-19. I see a few possible explanations.
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Do we test as aggressively for flu? If someone clears their throat, they get a Covid test right now. I've got a family who've gone to the doctor sick dozens of times and have been tested for flu only once. Perhaps it's just a blind spot.
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Masks aren't the only variable affecting the different spread of influenza and corona. So masks can have a greater risk reduction on influenza than corona and still make a difference on the dynamics of both.
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I understand it's possible. It's just unlikely that auto deaths and seasonal flu deaths would be about the same number each year but most of us only know of auto deaths in our normal lives.
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The common cold is way down in many places this winter.
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Is "sniff test" a pun?
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