Travel restrictions stopped the flu more than anything else. Various strains rely on travel to move between regions, finding areas where resistance has worn off in a population. Covid-19 spread because no one was resistant anywhere for the most part.

Also flu generally has a much shorter incubation period, so less of a chance to spread.

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Posted by PhDoogan

Member since Sep 2018

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Posted on 5/14/21 at 9:00 am to mmcgrath

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Travel restrictions stopped the flu more than anything else. Various strains rely on travel to move between regions, finding areas where resistance has worn off in a population. Covid-19 spread because no one was resistant anywhere for the most part.

Also flu generally has a much shorter incubation period, so less of a chance to spread.

This is a logical theory, mmcgrath. I am not saying I agree with it and can't argue one way or the other on your flu facts, but at least you led with logic, not feels.

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Posted by Robin Masters

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Member since Jul 2010

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Posted on 5/14/21 at 11:31 am to mmcgrath

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Travel restrictions stopped the flu more than anything else. Various strains rely on travel to move between regions, finding areas where resistance has worn off in a population. Covid-19 spread because no one was resistant anywhere for the most part.

Also flu generally has a much shorter incubation period, so less of a chance to spread.

Reasonable claim but the places which lifted travel along with masking restrictions should show an increase in flu. Do they?

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