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Re:Merkel bans meetings of more than two people to slow coro... by djdkrkfkgk on Sunday March 22, 2020 @01:55PM (#22656941)
I'm very curious if all this social distancing, hand washing and mask wearing on a global scale will have an effect on the next flu season. Could this be the first year with very little flu going around?
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Re:Merkel bans meetings of more than two people to slow coro... by Barrin92 on Sunday March 22, 2020 @02:12PM (#22657137)
that is already happening, there's been a sharp drop in flu cases in hongkong this season.

https://www.ft.com/content/ad7ae6b4-5eab-11ea-b0ab-339c2307b...

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Re:Merkel bans meetings of more than two people to slow coro... by __s on Sunday March 22, 2020 @02:25PM (#22657244)
Wish it was acceptable for me stow away like this every flu season
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Re:Merkel bans meetings of more than two people to slow coro... by masklinn on Sunday March 22, 2020 @02:53PM (#22657493)
At least wearing masks over flu season might get normalised by this?
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Re:Merkel bans meetings of more than two people to slow coro... by Hamuko on Sunday March 22, 2020 @06:04PM (#22659165)
I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it does.
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