CMP-00- said:
Flu deaths went away last season because influenza transmission basically went away. I am and adult pulmonology & critical care physician with more than 15 years of experience: we typically see scores of patients hospitalized with complications of influenza in a given flu season. Last season I saw exactly ONE case of influenza in the hospital - and that patient also had COVID-19. We didn't stop testing for influenza, the flu test kits didn't change - there just wasn't any flu in our community last season. Oddly enough, each of my twin boys had test-confirmed cases of the flu in mid-May when there was a brief flourish of late cases in children in our area. National data confirmed our local experience in Atlanta: the 2020-2021 flu season in America saw the fewest cases of influenza in my professional lifetime by a huge number. I'll leave it to you to draw conclusions about why.
I'm curious how that number compares to the number of Covid cases you saw?
I was diagnosed with Flu A last March (2020) when Covid was just starting up. At that time, getting a Covid test at my GP was $100 cash. I regretted not getting it as I had a chronic cough for over a month. Nothing, even the prescription cough suppressant, even put a dent in it. I thought I pulled muscles in my rib cage coughing so much. Couldn't sleep at night.
Anyway, I had never had the flu with coughing like that. I only had a fever for about 2-3 days, and I never lost my sense of taste or smell (at least not how many describe who have gotten Covid). I still wonder if I had Covid in conjuction with the flu.
