• KaRunChiy@fedia.io
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    So i got the ‘flu-like’ illness because our doctors don’t know what the fuck it is, other than that it’s really nasty. It’s been two weeks and I’m still recovering from it. It took out 12 of my staff, which is the most of any illness that’s came through the area.

    They say rates are low but it should still be taken very seriously. So if you show flu like symptoms but don’t test for Flu, Covid, Strep, or any other common illness then strap in cause it’s going to be a wild fucking ride.

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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      ur doctors don’t know what the fuck it is

      They would if the NIH and CDC were still funding good scientists.

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      I’d imagine many of us didn’t go in, my wife and I both got it and it lasted a little over a week for the worst symptoms. Never got bad enough to warrant going to a dr tho.

  • ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world
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    The WHO says there is no evidence that infections caused by subclade K produce symptoms that differ from or are more severe than those caused by other seasonal influenza viruses.

    ‘Superflu’, eh?

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    Data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that influenza activity in North America remains relatively low but is increasing, driven mainly by detections of influenza A viruses.

    I’m having a really hard time reconciling that quote with this one from yesterday.

    The percent of outpatient visits for respiratory illnesses are now at the highest rate on record.

    About 8% of visits to a health care provider were labeled as flu-like illness, surpassing any levels seen since 1997, the earliest for which data is available.

    ”remains relatively low” vs “highest rate on record” seem contradictory.

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      CDC has been compromised, no longer a serious source of information when the current government embraces denial with viral infections, as they did in 2019. Better of with Health Canada data, which is not good for flu:

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      One of them is confirmed flu, the other is flu-like. Likely it’s that RFK has fucked the health admin/funding process enough that the corps don’t want to release data that might get them punished and are side stepping it with what amounts to phrasing. At the same time, post covid, these corps are realising that suppressing the data or ignoring it till it got big brought in better money than being preventative.