CDC withdraws PCR test; finally admits test can not differentiate between flu and Coronavirus
(www.thegatewaypundit.com)
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It would be weird if flu cases didn't hit historical lows. If society becomes neurotically focused on preventing the spread of a respiratory illness, it's going to accidentally prevent the spread of other respiratory illnesses too.
Except the two most common measures that were enacted (masks and social distancing) do fuck all to prevent the spread of these viruses.
Influenza case counts were also essentially immeasurable and indistinguishable over winter 2020 in both US states that imposed COVID theatre and those that didn't.
Before Covid checkout clerks at my local Safeway were always visibly sick. Almost literally any time I'd go in at least one would be sniffling.
During Covid I've never seen them or a customer visibly sick.
It was not the masks or distancing that reduced flu, it was sick people staying home. Which they could have just done without shutting down the country.
Physical Distancing doesn't do shit.
Social Distancing (that is, not seeing people) works great, if you're actually sick.
We could probably nearly eliminate colds and flus if people who know they are sick just stay the fuck home until they're better.
Where's the trillions of dollars in government subsidised sick days? Why can't people take off work to take care of sick children, instead of pumping them full of Nyquil and sending them to school?
Its good for us to get sick. You will get sick eventually. It's better that people get sick regularly and we develop both individual and herd immunity.
You will get sick eventually and people that shelter themselves end up getting killed by common pathogens because they have zero natural immunity.
Handwashing, the other major measure, also doesn't do much to stop the flu either. (It helps stop stomach bugs, though.)
Perfect Social distancing should absolutly reduce flu cases, unless you are arguing 100% of flu spread is from surfaces, or perhaps you dont believe in germ theory at all?
Or maybe you're beyond steelmanning, and into something like vibranium-manning, to assume that every homeless schmuck on the street was doing everything perfectly.
Flu is airborn. Not droplet. And what situations do you not already distance yourself when possible regardless of covid? Unless by social distance you mean never leave home, it's useless.
Wearing masks for a couple of years straight probably caused quite a few respiratory illnesses.
You see, it's okay because it's bacterial pneumonia and not viral pneumonia!
They’re going to mark it down as Covid either way :lol:.