{"id":10761,"date":"2023-04-13T14:22:15","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T19:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/?post_type=jtf_topics&#038;p=10761"},"modified":"2024-08-10T14:27:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T19:27:24","slug":"is-the-2020-2021-drop-in-flu-cases-a-mystery","status":"publish","type":"jtf_topics","link":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/jtf_topics\/is-the-2020-2021-drop-in-flu-cases-a-mystery\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the 2020\u20132021 drop in flu cases a mystery?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row source=&#8221;&#8221; text=&#8221;Clinical Trials&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Abril%20Fatface%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221; link=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1708910874436{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The Claim:&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]\n<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p>A tweeter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KanekoaTheGreat\/status\/1645616255301459968?s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/voicesforvaccines.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3De17a65409cd8f13ba7e58cc97%26id%3D593c919766%26e%3Dfc0735be13&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1681499245188000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2-eInhyXBDXFi_MVGCIGox\">claims<\/a> that the 2020\u20132021 drop in the number of flu cases is a great mystery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The Facts:&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Far from being a mystery, this reduction in flu cases during the pandemic is easily explained.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/vaccine-information\/influenza\/\">Influenza<\/a>\u00a0is a respiratory disease, mainly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/flu\/about\/keyfacts.htm\">spread<\/a>\u00a0via tiny droplets expelled when people speak, cough, and sneeze.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/vaccine-information\/covid19\/\">COVID<\/a>\u00a0is also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hopkinsmedicine.org\/health\/conditions-and-diseases\/coronavirus\">spread<\/a>\u00a0mainly via respiratory infection When people took protective measures like masking and distancing to prevent respiratory COVID infection, influenza infection was also decreased. In fact, the effects of protective measures on influenza infection were even more pronounced because influenza is much less\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/flu\/symptoms\/flu-vs-covid19.htm\">contagious<\/a>\u00a0than COVID.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/vaccine-information\/\">we have vaccines that help<\/a>\u00a0protect against the risk of severe disease and death from both these diseases.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The drop in flu cases during 2020\u20132021 is due to COVID-related protective measures that protect people from respiratory infection like masking and distancing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","jtf_topic_subjects":[189,190,188,218],"class_list":["post-10761","jtf_topics","type-jtf_topics","status-publish","hentry","jtf_topic_subjects-covid-19","jtf_topic_subjects-influenza","jtf_topic_subjects-mrna-vaccines","jtf_topic_subjects-vaccine-safety","entry","no-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/10761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/jtf_topics"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/10761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10764,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/10761\/revisions\/10764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jtf_topic_subjects","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topic_subjects?post=10761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}