1. #Flu thread.
This seems truly to be the year that flu forgot. Almost no flu activity in the country. Last wk 18 people in the US tested positive for flu. Fewer than 1,400 flu diagnoses (by test) so far in 2020-21.
Same week last yr nearly 17,000 people tested positive for flu!

2. Almost no #flu means almost no flu deaths among kids. This year so far only one child has died from influenza. At this time last year, 92 children had died and 195 died over the course of the entire 2019-20 flu season.

3. Almost no #flu is not the same as no flu. In the past week, the total number of people hospitalized for flu this season rose by 10 from last week. Not clear all those would have been hospitalized in the one week; could be data lags, I suspect. Still, a very low number.

4. This is what a non- #flu season looks like. Kinda pretty, non? Of course, #Covid19 is more than making up for the damage flu isn't inflicting, sadly.
@CDCgov's weekly flu report is here: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/weeklyarchives2019-2020/Week06.htm