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MikeDunnAuthor

No worse than the flu?

I've lost track of how many different ways this claim is false. But here's yet another:

Healthcare workers with chronic condition miss more days of work due to COVID than flu

67% vs 12% of absences due to COVID, flu

cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/health

CIDRAPHealthcare workers with chronic condition miss more days of work due to COVID than flu, data show
#covid#COVID19#pandemic
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LyleDAL

#CDC Measles Outbreak Update, #MMR Vaccine News, #Typhus Disease, and the End of #Flu Season 2025

"AMA's Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses murine typhus and measles outbreaks in the U.S., the latest measles vaccination rates, as well as current COVID-19 and seasonal flu going around. #AmericanMedicalAssociation CXO Todd Unger hosts."

youtube.com/watch?v=eU-jMNALtD

YouTubeCDC measles outbreak update, MMR vaccine news, typhus disease, and the end of flu season 2025By American Medical Association (AMA)
#News#Health#Medicine
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Sam

@mike_honey_ #flu

FDA did designate the flu strains for the 2025/2026 season:

fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologi

egg-based influenza vaccines:

an A/Victoria/4897/2022 (H1N1)pdm09-like virus;
an A/Croatia/10136RV/2023 (H3N2)-like virus; and
a B/Austria/1359417/2021 (B/Victoria lineage)-like virus.

cell- or recombinant-based flu vaccines

an A/Wisconsin/67/2022 (H1N1)pdm09-like virus;
an A/District of Columbia/27/2023 (H3N2)-like virus; and
a B/Austria/1359417/2021 (B/Victoria lineage)-like virus.

U.S. Food and Drug AdministrationInfluenza Vaccine Composition for the 2025-2026 U.S. Influenza SeasonToday, the FDA made recommendations to vaccine manufacturers for the virus strains to be used in the trivalent (three strain) flu vaccines for the 2025-2026 U.S. flu season following a thorough and comprehensive review of U.S. and global surveillance data.
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Angus Andrea Grieve-Smith

Cases of #flu and #RSV in #NYC continue to fall, a week or two later than they did last year. Unfortunately, cases and hospitalizatios of #COVID are going up.

I'm going to be pissed if we have a full-blown Spring #COVID19 wave and I have to start moving karaoke online, after months of not singing in person to avoid spreading #influenza and #RSVirus!

While there are meaningful numbers of people being hospitalized for airborne diseases, I #WearAMask in elevators, trains and doctors' offices!

COVID Hospitalizations in NYC Most recent 7-day average (3/24/2025): Citywide: 29, Per lakh: 2.42 Most recent complete 7-day average (3/17/2025): Citywide: 39, Per lakh: 3.25 Source New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (data) COVID Cases in NYC Mar 20: 586 Most recent 7-day average: (3/24/2025): Citywide: 497, Per lakh: 41.43 Most recent complete 7-day average: (3/17/2025): Citywide: 576, Per lakh: 48.02 Source New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (data)
COVID Deaths in NYC Mar 15: 4 Most recent 7-day average: (3/24/2025): 1 Most recent complete 7-day average: (3/17/2025): 2 Total deaths in the most recent month: (February, 28 days): 69 Total deaths in the most recent 30 days with complete data (2/16/2025 - 3/17/2025): 59 Source New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (data)
Influenza positive test results in NYC Highlights for week ending March 22, 2025 (Week 12) 5,467 specimens were positive for influenza, a 13% decrease from the previous week; 26% were positive for influenza A 465 specimens were positive for RSV, a 15% decrease from the previous week. Influenza-like illness visits were at 6% of all weekly visits. There were no influenza-associated pediatric deaths reported this week. Season to date, a total of nine influenza- There were eight influenza outbreaks reported from long-term care facilities this week. Season to date, a total of 133 Source PDF (source) (cache) Source New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (data) RSV positive test results in NYC Source PDF (source) (cache) Source New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (data)
Outpatient influenza-like illness visits in NYC by season
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