Originally Posted by
Mumbai Merlin
It is all a bit premature. Regardless of State or Country.
Just because a Politician lifts the current suspended activity in Australia and New Zealand we still have a winter season to cope with. Influenza and a possible new more virulent form of CV-19 is quite possible.
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With social distancing here to stay, influenza may not be to much of a concern , as long as strick hygiene practices are maintained. Before social distancing and lockdowns occurred infection rates of influenza were normal. There was only 5888 reported cases for the month of March 2020 down 5,270 from March 2019 and 262 cases for April down 18,400 from April 2019.
https://www.immunisationcoalition.or...Stats-2020.pdf
https://www.immunisationcoalition.or...Stats-2019.pdf