UK: Health Authorities Announce Not a Single Case of Flu Detected This Year

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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No doubt pneumonia has also been banished.

[–]GConly 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

The R number of flu is about 1.3.

It really doesn't take a lot to lower the number below 0 and kill an outbreak. Full lockdown will do it no probs, probably just wearing masks and keeping the sick home would.

[–]jet199 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

That would also have knocked out covid though.

If covid was being spread flu would be too.

[–]GConly 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

No. The R number of Covid (original) was 2.5.

About twice as infectious.

[–]madcow-5 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Better just send the sick into nursing homes instead then.

[–]Valhalla 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Jesus, use your fucking brain.

[–]GConly 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Shall I use small words?

If you lower the rate of transmission by intervention and your R0 is 1.3, it goes down to 0.75. No outbreak.

Same intervention lowers 2.5 to 1.75. Outbreak keeps going.