Ask HN: Seasonal influenza lower than usual this time of year

  • I think that was expected. Article from September 2020 https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/07/health/covid-flu-season-f...

    "In August 2019, there were 61,000 laboratory confirmed cases of influenza in Australia. In August 2020, there were 107. "This is virtually a non-season," said Ian Barr, a professor of microbiology and immunology at the University of Melbourne. "We've never seen numbers like this before.""

  • Most measures against covid-19 like social distance also reduce the spread of other virus like the ones that cause common cold and flu.

    Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/2306/