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Re:Flu has disappeared worldwide during the Covid pandemic by fidesomnes on Thursday April 29, 2021 @02:15PM (#26984472)
> While I think this is most likely due to masking, distancing

I give it 5 years from now when it is no longer politically intolerable that studies will come out and admit that masks and social distancing did absolutely nothing to slow or prevent infection.

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Re:Flu has disappeared worldwide during the Covid pandemic by ben_w on Thursday April 29, 2021 @02:19PM (#26984517)
Considering that one year ago the general advice was not to bother with masks, this would be a surprising 360.
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Re:Flu has disappeared worldwide during the Covid pandemic by Karunamon on Thursday April 29, 2021 @03:46PM (#26985783)
That advice was intentionally deceptive. It was based on not having a mass run on PPE needed by healthcare workers, not medical science or safety.

It also likely led to more deaths due to the revelation that it was a lie, and people treating any further advice (which was actually medically sound) with the same kind of cynical skepticism used for liars. Rejection of masks wasn't much of a thing before this happened.

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