Regular Flu is Mysteriously Gone - No, Really
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This is from 2021 and afaik it was accurate. Flu is definitely back this year; my school system had 400 teachers out last week. It's way more than were ever out with coof at one time but no one seems to care (which is of course the proper response). I don't think it's that weird that one group of viruses are suppressed when a second group moves in on its niche and temporarily outcompetes it.
Flu seems going strong over here in the part of California I'm in, as well. Son caught it at school, brought it home. We've all had it now for a couple of days.
When he went back, he told me that he had 4 classes with substitute teachers, and it seemed like more than a third of each class was out.
I know that most people who think they got the flu didn't, and it was just a normal cold. I'm like 80% sure this was the flu, though. Seemed to match up. Rapid onset. Fever. All body ache. Chills. Headache.
Worst part was that he had just brought us home a regular - pretty mild - cold a week and a half before this.