Re:Could One Shot Kill the Flu?
by Aloha on Monday November 29, 2021 @11:53AM
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There was effectively zero flu in Winter of 2020, it remains to be seen how much flu there will be in Winter of 2021, but since the same precautions one would take for COVID also stop flu. Beyond that, anytime anyone shows flu like symptoms they're almost automatically sent home for 5 days, until they get a clean COVID test, which basically stops flu cold in its tracks, this is how you end up irradiating something.
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Re:Could One Shot Kill the Flu?
by dragonwriter on Monday November 29, 2021 @11:57AM
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> this is how you end up irradiating something.
“eradicating”, and that's still wrong because influenza A has nonhuman reservoir populations, and anti-COVID measure may reduce spread in the human population but they aren't going to eliminate the reservoirs.
Flu is increasing again this winter. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/weeklyarchives2021-2022/image...