re: Anyone know what the death rate from INFLUENZA was during the "COVID-19" pandemic years??

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but INFLUENZA was way down by huge margins because everyone had on those stupid masks, so it wasnt spreading to everyone as it normally did.

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That's the excuse I heard at the time - never made sense to me - if masks were effective, why weren't they used for decades against the flu.

as a matter of fact, for 2-3 years prior to COVID I had COPD-type coughing episodes. I asked my doctor if a mask would work - (I had plenty of masks that I wore while mowing my lawn during dusty conditions so as to not accentuate my coughing) No doctor ever said that they would have any effect against my getting the flu.

I wore them anyway - knowing I didn't have the flu, but as a courtesy to everyone else in the grocery store when I was out in public = because THEY wouldn't know if I was sick or not.