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by: M I Wakefield - Fri, 10 Dec 2021 21:52 UTC

On Fri, 10 Dec 2021 14:00:13 -0000 (UTC), jHackenthal
<jHackenthal@comp.unix.admin> wrote:

>On 2020-12-17, Bradley K. Sherman <bksherman@bleeding-rectums.cnn.com> wrote:
>> Are "health professionals" so panicky over COVID that they can't
>> identify ordinary viral infections now?
>>
>>
>ain't that the truth !!!

What happened to the flu?

A disease's R0 (R nought) number measures how easily it spreads.

The flu's R0 is typically around 1.3, while the original COVID
variant's is about 2.8, with Delta coming in at about 5.1, and Omicron
showing indications of being even higher.

This means that COVID is far more transmissible than the flu, so the
modest steps of masks and social distancing that slowed COVID down
shut down the flu almost entirely, when combined with vaccinations.

VMS must die!

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Re: Gee, what happened to the flu? Did COVID-19 eradicate it?	jHackenthal
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