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2023-05-01 00:52:47 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 45B8EF43682258D990F1C39DD9C1C131E030B7B116A1A874CAD37AED55F98C04
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There were around 2000 flu cases in 2021, the reason for it being low was due to covid restrictions during being also effective on stopping flu spread and not flu cases being recorded as Covid cases like this post is implying https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/05/10/flu-cases-historically-low-during-covid-what-expect-fall/7088318002/ https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-flu-levels/fact-check-low-flu-levels-during-the-pandemic-is-likely-the-result-of-coronavirus-measures-idUSKBN29R2AU https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/a-sharp-drop-in-flu-cases-during-covid-19-pandemic/
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