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Context: Here Cruz invokes the popular myth that maybe COVID cases and deaths are just miscatagorized flu. And maybe Democrats are doing it for political reasons! Problem: it's down around the world, since the Southern Hemisphere's flu season (our summer). https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6937a6.htm
Well maybe Chileans and Greeks and Indians and all countries in the world *and* the Democrats are in a conspiracy to miscategorize flu!
No, the US and other countries are testing for the flu like normal. It's really down >95%. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm
No, the US and other countries are testing for the flu like normal. It's really down >95%. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm
Well maybe COVID prevents the flu! Maybe the Democrats are hiding this miraculous fact!
No, here are flu+ hospitalizations from New Zealand, where COVID was suppressed. It's gone. https://www.esr.cri.nz/our-services/consultancy/flu-surveillance-and-research/
No, here are flu+ hospitalizations from New Zealand, where COVID was suppressed. It's gone. https://www.esr.cri.nz/our-services/consultancy/flu-surveillance-and-research/
In fact, thousands fewer Kiwis died in 2020 than normal, almost certainly because of flu suppression. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32647-7/fulltext
