A silver lining - Printable Version

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A silver lining - BostonCard - 11-27-2020

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/527370-a-glimmer-of-hope-global-flu-infections-hit-record-lows-amid-pandemic

Influenza transmission this year looks to be at a record low. It turns out that social distancing and mask wearing doesn't just work to prevrent COVID-19 transmission.

Quote:In the United States, data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) so far show lower than average flu transmission. Just 1.5 percent of visits to a health care provider were for influenza-like illnesses in the past week, the CDC’s weekly FluView report shows.

Since September, 122,000 people have been tested for the flu, and only 319, less than 0.5 percent, have tested positive.

RE: A silver lining - magnus - 11-27-2020

What's the usual percentage?

UW Virology posted a similar finding yesterday.

[Tweet]https://twitter.com/UWVirology/status/1332075864821878784?s=20[/tweet]

RE: A silver lining - BostonCard - 11-27-2020

https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/fluview/fluportaldashboard.html

At the peak of last year, they were getting a 30% positivity rate. At the same time of the year last year, the positivity rate was about 10%. You can scroll back to the 1997/98 flu year in the dashboard. POsitivity is in the bottom right panel.

BC

RE: A silver lining - Hurlburt88 - 11-28-2020

I believe "summer" influenza in the Southern Hemisphere was also down significantly--attributed to the various COVID transmission mitigations in place. I do not recall my source on this--possibly The Economist.