This influenza lineage may have become extinct

Re:This influenza lineage may have become extinct by whoisjuan on Friday October 01, 2021 @05:24PM (#28723537)

This is not surprising at all. I haven't had anything that feels like a cold or a flu, since COVID started. I think this can be mostly attributed to the sudden increase of mask usage and hand-washing.

I believe influenza was very vulnerable to this change of behavior given its seasonal nature, shorter incubation period and generally weaker virality.

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Re:This influenza lineage may have become extinct by Negitivefrags on Friday October 01, 2021 @06:48PM (#28724229)

In NZ we had a period of lockdown during which colds and flus were non-existant and then we went completely back to normal life for a while.

In that winter after the lockdown we had an absolutely ferocious amount of colds and flus all of a sudden.

I had 6 back-to-back. It was 12 weeks of hell. Every other person I know had at least 2. Parents (such as myself) all had 4+ colds/flus in a 3 month period.

There was a lot of speculation that the spread was significantly worse because it got into a population entirely made of people who had not been sick for a while.

So you might have that to look forward to.

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Re:This influenza lineage may have become extinct by rsynnott on Friday October 01, 2021 @07:13PM (#28724448)

New Zealand's rates of flu were extremely low this year; what you had was probably some sort of cold.

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Re:This influenza lineage may have become extinct by lugged on Friday October 01, 2021 @08:33PM (#28724879)

Nobody likes a flukeeper.

They literally said "flus and colds" why do you have to suggest this person's experience isn't what they say it is.

Have you had the flu before? Do you know what it is?

Do you know how absolutely fucking annoying it is to be gaslit when you know you've had the flu and no it wasn't just a bad fucking cold?

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Re:This influenza lineage may have become extinct by UncleEntity on Friday October 01, 2021 @08:57PM (#28725037)

> Do you know how absolutely fucking annoying it is to be gaslit when you know you've had the flu and no it wasn't just a bad fucking cold?

This actually keeps me up at night...shutter

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Re:This influenza lineage may have become extinct by ardit33 on Friday October 01, 2021 @07:05PM (#28724388)

I traveled from NYC to Albania and experienced this... and many people I know here got some type of cold recently.

They all got this cold/flu that was pretty bad, but thankfully it was not covid. (associated with coughing, and upper congestion, but nothing serious, and it cleared within a week).

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Re:This influenza lineage may have become extinct by pram on Friday October 01, 2021 @07:40PM (#28724629)

Yeah I’m experiencing this atm in the US. No sickness in 2020, but this year I’ve had RSV, hand foot and mouth disease, numerous colds. It’s horrific lol

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Re:This influenza lineage may have become extinct by subsubzero on Friday October 01, 2021 @05:27PM (#28723562)

same, I have not had a cold/flu in 2 years now which is a record for me, usually I am getting sick 4-5 times a year.

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Re:This influenza lineage may have become extinct by Natsu on Friday October 01, 2021 @05:28PM (#28723576)

I haven't had a cold or flu since Covid, either. This is probably the longest I've ever gone without one, usually I'd get one every couple of years or so.

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Re:This influenza lineage may have become extinct by thatswrong0 on Friday October 01, 2021 @05:50PM (#28723763)

I don't know if I'll ever take public transit / fly without a mask on again. Same.

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Re:This influenza lineage may have become extinct by berberous on Friday October 01, 2021 @06:40PM (#28724136)

I'm not sure how effective that will be if the sick person isn't also masked.

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Re:This influenza lineage may have become extinct by mensetmanusman on Friday October 01, 2021 @06:58PM (#28724328)

N95s are designed to protect the wearer from situations like that, even for 8 hours of contact. Cloth masks will not work in that situation though if the sick person isn’t masked.

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