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originally posted by: DupontDeux
a reply to: MykeNukem
I don't know how it is where you are, but here you'd automatically be exempt from wearing a mask if it hinders your breathing.
originally posted by: 1947boomer
a reply to: jjkenobi
In the flu season 2018-2019, which goes from October 1 to March 1, there were 28,000 flu deaths. That was the last full flu season before the outbreak of Covid-19.
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In other words, the amplitude of the 2020-2021 winter Covid-19 peak was almost 11 times higher than a comparable influenza season. That's because the Sars-Cov-2 virus was a novel pathogen but the seasonal influenza was not.