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We should keep masks.

Well, if this doesn’t convince you that masks, etc., should be regular activities from here out, I don’t know what would.

Exclusive:

The number of people getting flu has plunged by 95% to levels not seen in more than 130 years@lusignan_s, director of @rcgp flu surveillance centre and professor of @oxprimarycare @uniofoxford, says flu has been ‘almost completely wiped out’https://t.co/3iysrNUTsD

— Andrew Gregory (@andrewgregory) January 31, 2021

Click through for a short thread. ☝️

Update, Feb. 15:

🔗 NPR: Where Did The Flu Go? Homebound Kids Shape A Mild Season

During the 2019-2020 flu season, some 400,000 people were hospitalized for the flu, with 22,000 deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Last week — just ahead of the season’s usual peak — the CDC had recorded just 165 flu-related hospitalizations since October.

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