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Re:Flu has disappeared worldwide during the Covid pandemic by jMyles on Thursday April 29, 2021 @12:47PM (#26983474)
The notion that horizontal interdiction is responsible for this suppression is absolutely, positively absurd and will never stand up to scrutiny.

On the other hand, this patterns very neatly with previously observed and well-documented phenomena of viral interference, specifically with respect to influenza. Here's a good paper to start a journey of research on this topic: https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/212/11/1690/2911897

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Re:Flu has disappeared worldwide during the Covid pandemic by hvac on Thursday April 29, 2021 @01:07PM (#26983739)
Norovirus was also decimated last year, and it doesn't infect the same organs/cells as respiratory viruses: https://www.cdc.gov/norovirus/reporting/norostat/data.html
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Re:Flu has disappeared worldwide during the Covid pandemic by jMyles on Thursday April 29, 2021 @01:46PM (#26984161)
Sure. I think it's plausible that widespread surface sterilization is responsible for suppression of fomite transmission.
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