I've seen people mention this here and there but tbh I feel like this is a pretty big question that scientists and the media aren't doing a particularly good job at covering.

Ever since COVID came on flu rates have absolutely plummeted? What's going on? Is this about how medial professionals are categorizing or something else? Like the article talks about hand washing and masks being a possible reason that flu rates have absolutely flatlined, but I feel like you'd really have to suspend your common sense to think that just those things alone would cause flu rates to drop 100x, that's an astounding drop.



https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/04/22/science/flu-season-coronavirus-pandemic.html

What are you suggesting, doctors are fudging test results to say patients had/died of COVID instead of the flu?

Wrong forum lol, mods please move

I don't know what's happening but I find it kind of weird how we went from 200k flu cases per year to 2k cases and no one's really talking about it, you don't?

This post was edited by ofthevoid on Aug 25 2021 01:39pm

Many people argue that while the masks don't protect against covid...it has killed off the flu (as in less spreading of germs from coughing etc) and the constant washing of hands....at least that's the reply I usually see when this question pops up. I think Cole Beasley summ'd it up nice on his stance. Not pro or anti vax, hes pro choice, the dr.s don't know enough, etc. Me, personally, if Pablo Escobar was after me, would I trust his police or doctors in a situation? probably not. The bottom line is money, no one gives a fuck. It's not hard to buy anybody.

This post was edited by BillsMafia on Aug 25 2021 01:56pm

Dude - the pandemic made everyone significantly more aware of germs, and more wary of being close to people - so naturally the flu cases go down because previously people really didn't think twice about touching public surfaces like a lift button or a door handle.

Logic mate, logic

This

What caused WTC 7 to collapse on sept. 11 2001?

Quarantining, wearing masks, washing your hands, and keeping your fingers out of your mouth works to hinder the spread of other viruses besides covid. The later two I learned in daycare.

If you told me wearing masks or washing your hands lowered flu rates by 20, 30, 40% whatever, okay maybe. But the numbers went from 200k to 2k. Do you understand what a factor of 100x means? Just to give you some perspective, the flu shot lowers the rate of getting the flu by 40% but washing your hands and masks lowered it by that much?



Sounds like you didn't get far beyond that because you don't understand numbers do you?

This post was edited by ofthevoid on Aug 25 2021 02:15pm

So what's your point of posting this on the football form? you trying to gather us up, Yoda?, make us Jedis? and finally ignite the revolution brother man!!! LETS GO!!!! OFF WITH MONSANTOS HEAD!!! CHOP OFF THE FEDS DICK!! LETS F#CKING DO THIS!!! GET THE TABLESS!!!!

This post was edited by BillsMafia on Aug 25 2021 02:18pm