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Baitball Blogger

(51,968 posts) Tue Apr 20, 2021, 06:29 AM Apr 2021

So we are now told that wiping everything down with Clorox was unnecessary, but... [View all]

Covid was bad enough. We really didn't need anything else to compound the problem. Like a heavy Flu season. So, I think that the precautions were helpful because they reduced the complications of other health issues.

On a side note, I wonder what the rates were in 2020 for bacterial or food poisoning. I suspect that those numbers also plummeted.

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So we are now told that wiping everything down with Clorox was unnecessary, but... [View all] Baitball Blogger Apr 2021 OP

We do know that seasonal flu was almost non-existent last year. Voltaire2 Apr 2021 #1

My Question Is RobinA Apr 2021 #4

Covid is more infectious than the flu. LisaL Apr 2021 #6

This OhioChick Apr 2021 #16

Not enough people actually masked/distanced, to stop COVID. lagomorph777 Apr 2021 #17

In NY, masks and distancing worked extremely well for COVID mitigation. Yavin4 Apr 2021 #19

I wonder what the final tally will be: flor-de-jasmim Apr 2021 #2

I didn't find it hard to do. Kaleva Apr 2021 #3

I dunno if it's unnecessary. LisaL Apr 2021 #5

That is scary. Baitball Blogger Apr 2021 #13

wash state reported no deaths from flu for a certain period of time... samnsara Apr 2021 #7

I believe flu is transmitted through the air just like Covid to a much greater extent Demsrule86 Apr 2021 #8

But rates of bleach poisoning went up. LisaL Apr 2021 #9

Not unnecessary... Native Apr 2021 #10

+1 Hugin Apr 2021 #15

The minute things start going well I get worried because I know what's around the corner! Lol. Native Apr 2021 #18

It's not that it wasn't necessary, but there was overkill. GoCubsGo Apr 2021 #11

My son is a teacher and he said he might wear a mask next year. dem4decades Apr 2021 #12

Well, we always knew cleanliness was necessary to avoid disease, Hortensis Apr 2021 #14