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Re:Flu has disappeared worldwide during the Covid pandemic by PeterisP on Thursday April 29, 2021 @12:42PM (#26983387)
AFAIK fomite transmission on public streets and other places sprayed by such "deep cleans" isn't a common spread vector for any widespread disease, so eliminating it can't make a meaningful difference.
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Re:Flu has disappeared worldwide during the Covid pandemic by Retric on Thursday April 29, 2021 @02:25PM (#26984611)
Even fairly small changes can be significant with exponential feedback loops. That’s not to say they actually had any impact, just that you can’t always tell what was important.

For example it’s possible but unlikely that some other pandemic was accidentally prevented.

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