Flu cases miraculously down 95% since last year???
https://fromthetrenchesworldreport....-being-misdiagnosed-as-having-covid-19/275275
https://fromthetrenchesworldreport....-being-misdiagnosed-as-having-covid-19/275275
Nah, but mask wearing and social distancing may be having an effect. Also more people may be getting vaccinated and the vaccine may be a better match to the seasonal flu virus this season. It’s also a bit early. We didn’t start seeing a lot of flu cases until late November or early December most years.Flu cases miraculously down 95% since last year???
https://fromthetrenchesworldreport....-being-misdiagnosed-as-having-covid-19/275275
The video states that over the past two weeks of this year 61 cases have been reported vs 1251 cases in the same two weeks last year. The two people you know are a big relative % of that 61! (If they were in the reported numbers)Don't think the flu shot is helping this year. I know 5 people that got the flu shot about a month ago and had the flu in the last two weeks.
It can’t work both ways, the mask works for flu but doesn’t for kung flu. We are in a huge spike in the kung flu cases despite the vast use of masks.Nah, but mask wearing and social distancing may be having an effect. Also more people may be getting vaccinated and the vaccine may be a better match to the seasonal flu virus this season. It’s also a bit early. We didn’t start seeing a lot of flu cases until late November or early December most years.
I was pointing out to my friends and family since early spring that the media was failing to report on the number of flu and pneumonia cases. Moreover, PCR testing is HIGHLY unreliable. Even the person who invented it said it wasn't reliable for such testing purposes. He happened to die of a heart attack just weeks before the 2019-2020 flu season started.Flu cases miraculously down 95% since last year???
https://fromthetrenchesworldreport....-being-misdiagnosed-as-having-covid-19/275275
I hope you’re joking. Depending on the mask type and the size of the virus, it will work for both.It can’t work both ways, the mask works for flu but doesn’t for kung flu. We are in a huge spike in the kung flu cases despite the vast use of masks.
Difference in the R0 comes into play. SARS CoV 2 has a much higher R0 than seasonal flu.If the mask and social distancing are having a profound effect on flu I’d think that would also translate to a substantial decrease in covid as well but those are being reported in record numbers... I know correlation between two viruses is really an exercise in futility but it is interesting.
According to my wife, the rapid ELISA test currently being used detects Coronaviruses in general. It is not specific for SARS CoV 2. Obviously, you get false positives.When all you look for is COVID all you find is COVID. Not to mention the testing widely used is quite flawed. Good luck getting any factual statistics.
I actually think we are in agreement. While P100’s and P3’s are effective against both viruses, cloth masks are far more problematic. They simply will not perform well against a disease with an R0 between 3-7.I’m sorry Westexas, but the vast majority are not wearing P100, let alone P3 or even N95 masks.
Almost the entire population of the United States are wearing either a cloth mask or the disposable earloop masks. As I said, if these masks in common usage prevent the transmission of the virus, but not the contraction of the virus, then why have we seen a huge spike in kung flu cases. Now all the maskholes will hide behind the argument that we are seeing more kung flu because we are testing more, which of course is true. But the maskholes dismissed out of hand because it didn’t fit their narrative.
According to the best estimate from cdc, the R0 for covid, as of 9/10/20, is 2.5. For comparison, one source had the Spanish flu at R0 of 1.4 to 2.8 with a mean value of 2, while seasonal flu has an R0 of 0.9 to 2.1 with a mean value of 1.3. Now the “R-naught” is not a DEATH NUMBER, just an indication of contagiousness.I hope you’re joking. Depending on the mask type and the size of the virus, it will work for both.
For example, a P100 (NIOSH code) or a P3 (ABEK gas canister code) is designed for all biological agents including viruses.
An ordinary cloth mask is more of a crap shoot. Better than nothing.
Maybe.
Something else that comes into play is the R0. For seasonal flu it’s between 1.5-2.0. For this virus it’s 3-7. Extraordinarily high for a zoonotic virus jumping into humans. Already adapted for efficient human to human transmission with no adaptation period. Pretty glaring example of at least limited human manipulation of the genome.
That’s the reason it appears that masks have little effect on the spread of this virus. The R0 is very high. And that ladies and gentlemen is a huge red flag.
Unfortunately, the R0 is fluid and influenced by the use of PPE. Early on, the R0 was between 3-7 simply because precautions were not widespread. This was probably the most accurate number. Once PPE and hand washing become more widespread, the R0 drops.According to the best estimate from cdc, the R0 for covid, as of 9/10/20, is 2.5. For comparison, one source had the Spanish flu at R0 of 1.4 to 2.8 with a mean value of 2, while seasonal flu has an R0 of 0.9 to 2.1 with a mean value of 1.3. Now the “R-naught” is not a DEATH NUMBER, just an indication of contagiousness.