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21. It's gone almost extinct in New Zealand.

Tue Apr 6, 2021, 03:49 AM

Apr 2021

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/sunday/audio/2018767843/near-extinction-of-influenza-in-nz-as-numbers-drop-due-to-lockdown

Imagine how many diseases we could completely eradicate if we all just stayed home for six weeks. It will never happen because people are idiots but such a small effort would save millions of lives and increase productivity enormously.

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End the hygiene theater, CDC says [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2021 OP

Exactly right. Lots of other diseases get spread via surfaces. GoCubsGo Apr 2021 #6

I'm not worried about it. Nt USALiberal Apr 2021 #27

I Lean Your Way ProfessorGAC Apr 2021 #3

Agree ... Hugh_Lebowski Apr 2021 #4

Ahhh... The refreshing cooling breeze of pure uncut... Hugin Apr 2021 #9

I like hand sanitizer and hope it stays handy soothsayer Apr 2021 #5

Influenza is at the lowest number of cases in decades Ms. Toad Apr 2021 #7

Agree KT2000 Apr 2021 #13

It's gone almost extinct in New Zealand. meadowlander Apr 2021 #21

There is nothing wrong with cleaning. LisaL Apr 2021 #8

Changing their mind on things ... AGAIN. nt 🙄 Raine Apr 2021 #10

Right. This nonsense of sanitizing everything should have ended six months ago. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2021 #11

CDC didn't use the term. LisaL Apr 2021 #24

This is confusing to me. W_HAMILTON Apr 2021 #15

I kind of want to keep the mask after this is over Sympthsical Apr 2021 #16

Yup. Same people that told us not to worry about masks last spring. Wingus Dingus Apr 2021 #20

That was because CDC was worried early on there would not be Deminpenn Apr 2021 #22

Ha ha, thanks about my old name, I didn't want to be Wingus Dingus Apr 2021 #32

I haven't had any kind of cold or flu for more than a year now. hunter Apr 2021 #18

No, because of lockdown! Nt USALiberal Apr 2021 #29

What's being called "theater" here is a part of the lockdown... Silent3 Apr 2021 #30

To me, keeping a sensible distance from others is the most Deminpenn Apr 2021 #23

I hear CDC PSAs every day on the radio. RandiFan1290 Apr 2021 #26

But the 'theater' helps stop other pathogens. apnu Apr 2021 #31