1. In normal (ie non-Covid years) Fridays are #flu data update times. @CDCgov puts out #influenza data on Fridays. Flu has been overshadowed by #Covid19, but it still bears watching.
So, a thread.

2. #Flu activity remains low. It hasn't disappeared entirely but so far we haven't seen enough flu to talk about a "flu season," as you can see from this graph. Red arrow points to this year so far. Crossing the black dotted line=flu season. Not clear if we'll have one this year.

3. Very few of the respiratory infections tested for #Flu so far this year have turned out to be positive. These numbers are extraordinary. That said, there appears to have been a tiny upward creep. What that means remains unclear.

4. One of the biggest benefits of almost no #flu is almost no kids dying from flu. Only one pediatric flu death has been reported so far this year, which is extraordinary. Talk about a blessing.