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RobinA

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4. My Question Is

Reply to Voltaire2 (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 20, 2021, 06:52 AM

Apr 2021

If masks and distancing made the flu nonexistent, why didn't it work anywhere near as well for COVID? And I'm not being snarky, this really doesn't make sense to me. Maybe less flu due to less travel couldn't get a toehold due to already existing masks and distancing? Cautions were in place long before flu would have come knocking on the door.

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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