Flu has disappeared worldwide during the Covid pandemic

Re:Flu has disappeared worldwide during the Covid pandemic by bsder on Thursday April 29, 2021 @08:29PM (#26988555)

> Unlike Covid, kids are a significant vector of spread for influenza.

Children, in fact, have been hypothesized to be the primary reservoir for influenza.

The implication of this is that it would be much better to vaccinate all children against influenza rather than everybody else.

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Re:Flu has disappeared worldwide during the Covid pandemic by warkid on Friday April 30, 2021 @01:03AM (#26989976)

Isn't that already the case worldwide? I live in Russia and all schools are routinely vaccinated every autumn here.

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Re:Flu has disappeared worldwide during the Covid pandemic by bsder on Friday April 30, 2021 @02:37AM (#26990435)

I have never heard of such a thing in the US. Someone else will have to chime in about European countries.

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Re:Flu has disappeared worldwide during the Covid pandemic by abunuwas on Friday April 30, 2021 @02:44AM (#26990481)

I live in Europe and never experienced such a thing. Perhaps to be more specific: I grew up in Spain and now live in the UK. To the best of my knowledge, children keep catching the flu every year and passing it on to their parents, who instead pass it on to their colleagues in the office (or used to, before 2020).

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Re:Flu has disappeared worldwide during the Covid pandemic by oblio on Friday April 30, 2021 @04:17AM (#26990955)

Romania, Luxembourg - no flu vaccinations from what I see.

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