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Friday Fluday Thread: Influenza-Like Illness Data for MMWR Week 17, ending May 1, 2021 United States Influenza testing, MMWR week 17.CDC flu view. https://cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm2016 to 2019 4-year average: 1,243 cases;

Friday Fluday Thread: Influenza-Like Illness Data for MMWR Week 15, ending April 17, 2021 United States Influenza testing, MMWR week 15.CDC flu view. https://cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm2016 to 2019 4-year average: 2,637 cases;

Large study from Scotland finds exposure to children is protective for adults.They looked at 300,000 NHS workers in Scotland.https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.09.21.20196428v1 Conclusion: Increased household exposure to young chi

BMJ: "Real concern exists that many people who are not infectious (and not likely to become infectious) will receive positive test results, and together with their contacts, will be forced

Turning point? **NYT*** blasts non-infectious positives from miscalibrated PCR tests.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/29/health/coronavirus-testing.html "In three sets of testing data that include cycle thresholds, compiled by officials

Top UK epidemiologist/government adviser Mark Woolhouse: lockdown was a ‘monumental mistake’ and must not happen againhttps://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1320428/Coronavirus-news-lockdown-mistake-second-wave-Boris-Johnson Woolho

CDC: 25.5% of Americans age 18 to 24 seriously considered suicide in the past 30 days. 16% of age 25 to 44.https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/pdfs/mm6932a1-H.pdf As CDC director Redfield has said, the coronavirus

From the toldyaso department: the Korean government report hyped by NYT and other anti-schoolers actually showed 97 percent of households with the virus had it brought in by an adults,

It is not safe to keep schools closed. Summary from the American Academy of Pediatrics, the principal medical society for 67,000 pediatricians.https://services.aap.org/en/pages/2019-novel-coronavirus-covid-19-infections/clinical-guidance/co

This is evil. Based on the politics of envy and in the absence of any valid health rationale, Montgomery County is ordering private schools that comply with all health guidelines

Connecticut DPH says that between June 15 and July 17 they had a total of 144 positive test results. Of those, 90 were discovered to be false positives.https://apnews.com/b98cf80c36d338f833f3a47d84141d11 This is

Real quote: "The science should not stand in the way of this! The science is on our side here!"CNN liar:https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/1283839301734801410 Sorry... I should have included ellipsis between quotes in last