WHAT FLU season?
Has anyone noticed there have been extremely few cases of the flu this year?
This is about the time when the flu usually cranks into high gear. Sniffing, snorting, fever, body aches, that dragged out feeling?
Not this time, buddy. The flu is as hard to find as the guy to whom you lent money.
Of course we know why. Everyone is wearing masks and washing their hands in an effort to avoid COVID-19. Well, the flu is also a virus, and the same precautions work to prevent people from catching it.
Thatâs good. What we did not need was a COVID pandemic and a flu epidemic. One virus at a time is about all we can handle.
Australia recorded a huge drop in flu and pneumonia deaths last year, largely due to COVID-19 measures, Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show. .