I didn't want to jinx it, but no one in my family has had even a sniffle since March. And I have a 3 and 5 year old. Usually the sniffles don't stop.<p>I would love it if after this is over, masks were required in public from say Nov 1 to Mar 1. No shutdown or anything, bars and clubs can be open, etc, go eat and drink, whatever.<p>But when walking around or waiting for your food, have a mask on.
Could it also be that they are counting flu as something else?<p>I am reminded of this quote from Demolition Man "In the future all restaurants are Taco Bell"
because R0 covid is 2 - 6 where flu is 1.4 < any measures made for corona would stop it dead in its tracks. for posterity's sake here is a picture with ranges:
<a href="https://cdn.the-scientist.com/assets/articleNo/67690/iImg/38474/uploads/what%20is%20r.png" rel="nofollow">https://cdn.the-scientist.com/assets/articleNo/67690/iImg/38...</a>
Will this have a lasting impact on the spread of the viruses or it's only limited to the time when people are wearing masks and practicing physical distancing?
The article itself is behind a paywall, so this might have been in the text.<p>But... could that be explained by all respiratory illnesses being called "covid" this year? The numbers are simply hiding in another graph?