Yes Covid is real, but you expect me to believe that the entire Portland metro area has 0 people hospitalized by the flu by this time in the year??? Highly unlikely, basically impossible.

Source: https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/DISEASESCONDITIONS/COMMUNICABLEDISEASE/DISEASESURVEILLANCEDATA/INFLUENZA/Documents/data/Season2020-2021.pdf

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.oregonlive.com/health/2019/12/flu-season-on-track-to-match-last-year-as-outbreaks-increase-more-than-300-in-a-week.html%3foutputType=amp