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7. wash state reported no deaths from flu for a certain period of time...

Tue Apr 20, 2021, 06:59 AM

Apr 2021

..apparently something is working!

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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

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

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

Not unnecessary... Native Apr 2021 #10

+1 Hugin Apr 2021 #15

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