"Seasonal flu": time to start tracking "seasonal flu" again. Link here.
- this will get messy due to CDC reporting category "influenza like illness" which coudl include "everything under the sun" including Covid-19
- last year, the 2019 - 2020 season: "seasonal flu" eradicated by Covid-19
- this year, the 2020 - 2021 season: still no evidence of much "seasonal flu"
- summary, ILINet:
- Nationwide during week 34, 2.2% of patient visits reported through ILINet were due to ILI. The percentage of patient visits for ILI remains below the baseline of 2.6% nationally. One region (Region 4) is above their region-specific baseline while the remaining regions are below their baselines. Influenza virus circulation remains low; therefore, increases in ILI activity are likely due to increased circulation of other respiratory viruses.
- could that be Covid-19?
