Your weekly updates are wonderful! Easy to understand and they give me a measure of security just knowing what is brewing out in the world. It's so important for people with compromised immune systems. Thank you!❤️
The flu vaccine doesn't really protect against infection, its strength is reducing risk of severe illness. Older adults typically have fewer contacts and therefore exposures compared to, say, sitting in full classrooms.
Sounds reasonable. I have read that many years of flu vaccines may also help increase immunity. It’s probably coincidental or just because I am careful, but I have been vaccinated every year for 32 years and haven’t gotten the flu since I’ve been getting the vaccines.
Yes, it's good. I use wastewater activity as a metric for Covid-19 because we don't have a great way to track mild illness for that disease. But there is still a lot we don't know about how to interpret wastewater. It doesn't always track the ER and hospitalization metrics. It could be that there is a lot of immunity to the currently-circulating variants so people are protected from severe illness, or it could be that wastewater does not always directly correlate to number of infections.
Your weekly updates are wonderful! Easy to understand and they give me a measure of security just knowing what is brewing out in the world. It's so important for people with compromised immune systems. Thank you!❤️
So very impressed to see this collection of health information being made available for those who seek and can make use of it.
Am I wrong to assume that the ones of us that are older are less infected with influenza because we are the group that is the most vaccinated?
The flu vaccine doesn't really protect against infection, its strength is reducing risk of severe illness. Older adults typically have fewer contacts and therefore exposures compared to, say, sitting in full classrooms.
Sounds reasonable. I have read that many years of flu vaccines may also help increase immunity. It’s probably coincidental or just because I am careful, but I have been vaccinated every year for 32 years and haven’t gotten the flu since I’ve been getting the vaccines.
It's always good to have clear labels on your y-axis.
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Thank you for this information!
Great info! thank you!
Yes, it's good. I use wastewater activity as a metric for Covid-19 because we don't have a great way to track mild illness for that disease. But there is still a lot we don't know about how to interpret wastewater. It doesn't always track the ER and hospitalization metrics. It could be that there is a lot of immunity to the currently-circulating variants so people are protected from severe illness, or it could be that wastewater does not always directly correlate to number of infections.