They looked at the lists of patients across ALL 6 hospitals of the company. Sorted all the patients by problem (diagnosis). They found 0 patients with the diagnosis flu or influenza.
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Now I see a post on TDW that prescriptions of Tamiflu are down or non-existent.
MAJOR FUCKERY GOING ON.
I need other healthcare workers to look at their hospitals and networks and check. If you know someone who works in a hospital please ask them to look into this also. Do not look in patient charts (HIPPA violation) but if you are able to look at general information or lists please do so.
I have very close ties to an ICU worker in a major hospital in a big city. They would normally be busy with flu season but they have the same situation - literally zero flu cases.
If this were due to misdiagnosing flu as COVID, they would be extremely busy. The COVID ward isn't overwhelmed. Could the masks and social distancing be working on the flu? Did the flu disappear? Does it rely heavily on travel between hemispheres to stay alive in our summer?
This is what I think, too, pede. I test pretty much all of my patients with fever for flu starting in October/November. I haven't had any positives yet this year.
I think this is the actual answer.