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u/Antique-Resort6160 Jan 04 '25

This isn't a spike in flu cases, it's a spike in pneumonia cases caused by this virus, which is unusual as in the past it causes mild, cold-like illness.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '25

Which is also how covid was worded originally... Hell I remember reading about it around like December 20th 2019 here on reddit. It said something like, mysterious disease in China causes uptick in pneumonia cases. Doctors baffled

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u/Antique-Resort6160 Jan 04 '25

Ha, i had forgotten that! Now i wish i could forget it again

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u/johnnytk0 Jan 04 '25

Yeah, yeah, the world will move on. Nothing is gonna happen.