From the CDC website Weekly US Influenza Survey

Key Updates for Week 13, ending March 28, 2020

Laboratory confirmed flu activity as reported by clinical laboratories continues to decrease sharply and is now low. Influenza-like illness activity, while lower than last week, is still elevated. Influenza severity indicators remain moderate to low overall, but hospitalization rates differ by age group, with high rates among children and young adults.

Isn't this the end of flu season anyway?

Middle of February....DH caught the flu from a coworker. The coworker has a 2nd home in Phoenix Arizona, where he caught it from his grandkids. DH took off work for a week. Slept ALL day, had a fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose. BUT....neither him nor his coworker ever went to the doctor or reported it.

People are "afraid" of getting COVID, twice the death rate of the flu. They report it...want to be tested for it....show up at the Emergicare.

Nicole, I'm sorry your husband was sick. Did either your husband or his co-worker have a flu shot in the past 6 months?

No one cares about the flu right now, tens of thousands die each year from the flu. Apparently, according to an article that I was reading, the flu is not required to be recorded like the Covid-19 virus is.

They are starting to realize that this covid 19 has likely been in humans for years and is not new after all. This coming from the foremost experts on the subject. I do swear that my husband had this already a couple of years ago...everything he experienced is exactly what people are describing.

And to add another perspective on the death tole of this, so far today, according the the counter you can easily find on line, well over 100,000 people have already died today in the entire world(from everything)...I'm sure by the end of day it will be well over 200,000 deaths of whatever, just in one single day...for the entire world.

There's more than one virus in the corona virus family. I'm sure virus experts will be geeking out over the details for years to come.

I also wonder if the weird cough I had when I was in middle school was some sort of virus. It was a very unusual constant dry cough, but no fever, no other symptoms, no one else caught it. I only remember it because it lasted for a week and it was embarrassing that I couldn't control my cough in the classroom. Almost 50 years ago, lol.

Yeah and of course, they will never really know for sure, only speculate forever...HA!

arkansas girl -- I'm sorry, but that is *fabulous* information, in the litereal sense of the word. Could you please tell us where to find the article you read?

I too read several articles including one from USA Today where some scientists are starting to believe that the symptoms that people have had since sometime in 2018 may actually be the a 19. They were divided as to it being the same. A different strain of it or a entirely different virus that presented with the same symptoms. When a test for antibodies is complete perhaps the question will be answered.

I knew of one man who had similar symptoms in January last year. His cough lasted until April who is willing to be tested.

Well, the doctor I saw has been working with the experts since it started in China, funny thing, he escaped the virus in China and then HE was infected on the streets of NY! When he was being interviewed, he still had a cough and he said that it had felt like an elephant was sitting on his chest. I can't remember but the article was on the MSN homepage and it had a video of him being interviewed.

Elmer....the point I was trying to make was....no one reports if they have the flu. How can a comparison be made. If someone gets the flu, they take cold meds and go back to work.

Statistics are being skewed. Dr. Birx is counting all deaths even when their underlying health problem was the real cause. She admitted it in yesterdays press conference. Google that

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he said that it had felt like an elephant was sitting on his chest

so does pneumonia. I've had it twice. but both affect the lungs.

I'm wondering if my sister, her dh and their son had this virus back in January. She said it was the worst 'flu' she'd ever had and had trouble breathing even with her inhaler. I know they were all down a long time and I stayed far away from them.

drewsmaga, YES, I read this as well, all deaths that are related to lung issues such as pneumonia are being tallied as deaths from COVID-19! Sounds very suspicious to me! Many people DIE from flu complications every flu season!

CDC flu report:

this flu season numbers if you don't believe ME see the CDC

"all deaths that are related to lung issues such as pneumonia are being tallied as deaths from COVID-19! "

Article that backs up this statement

It helps with funding for COVID-19. That's what I heard.....

I've heard the opposite. I've heard that some states are being instructed to only list covid-19 as a cause of death with a positive test. Sounds fair until you realize there are still so few tests and they aren't being prioritized for people who have died. I expect numbers will be underreported.

If you get the flu and die because you have complications due to your underlying lung disease you have indeed died of flu because if you hadn't gotten flu you would not have exacerbated your underlying disease and so die of it. Sub out Coronavirus for flu and there you are. You did in fact die of Coronavirus. I have Asthma. I have a compromised immune system. I live quite comfortably with these parameters in my life. Were I to get Coronavirus my outcome would be impaired. If I died it would be the Coronavirus that killed me since having Asthma and an impaired immune system did not.