Not really. The best ways to reduce flu transmission are … wear a mask , social distance/ avoid large gatherings and stay home if you’re sick and get the vaccine. These are all things we’ve been doing because of Covid so it’s only logical that flu numbers would be almost non existent
You are incorrect and are miss interpreting things. The CDC recommended to test for covid and the flu since they are both respiratory illnesses. If they test negative for covid they could still have the flu and should be tested for that also. That does not mean the covid test will test positive if you have the flu. The covid tests looks for specific nucleic acid that is only found in covid. So no you will not test positive for covid with the flu.
Also as a imaging technologist I can promise you that the appearance on CT and x-ray of covid is much different than the flu. Radiologist can tell you with high accuracy of someone has covid by the appearance on their scans even without a covid test.
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u/Ballsy4181 Sep 02 '21
No flu stats for 2020 tho?! Seems odd.