Many areas are seeing increasing(all time highs) spread of Covid, while Influenza counts are way, way, way down in the same area. This is occurring with mask mandates in place. The masks are almost entirely stopping Influenza, but are performing poorly at reducing the spread of Covid.
Private and Public sector entities/agencies taking advantage of Federal grant money, doesn't mean that Covid isn't a dangerous virus to at-risk individuals. They are not mutually exclusive.
As a former Federal government employee and retired Local government employee - from a Local government that operates a large General Hospital - who spent a dozen years publicly fighting a wide variety of taxpayer abuse by these same entities, I can say the following with an extreme amount of certainty. If you were to incentivize Influenza reporting, with Federal grant dollars, there would be an immediate spike in cases reported.
Welcome to the 21st Century.
Many areas are seeing increasing(all time highs) spread of Covid, while Influenza counts are way, way, way down in the same area. This is occurring with mask mandates in place. The masks are almost entirely stopping Influenza, but are performing poorly at reducing the spread of Covid.
Private and Public sector entities/agencies taking advantage of Federal grant money, doesn't mean that Covid isn't a dangerous virus to at-risk individuals. They are not mutually exclusive.
As a former Federal government employee and retired Local government employee - from a Local government that operates a large General Hospital - who spent a dozen years publicly fighting a wide variety of taxpayer abuse by these same entities, I can say the following with an extreme amount of certainty. If you were to incentivize Influenza reporting, with Federal grant dollars, there would be an immediate spike in cases reported.
Welcome to the 21st Century.
Sooo politicly incorrect, love it. No one can say wearing a mask is the reason there's less flus being reported when there's less socializing going on and finally more people are paying attention to the spread of germs etc. There are many legitimate studies showing the ineffectiveness of mask wearing. Are they helpful, probably a little bit not much if any compared with people doing the right thing as far as staying apart when sick, covering there mouth when coughing, washing hands etc.
