Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🥼🤹🦟🧀 Profile picture
virologist. husband. dad. reader. writer. fixer. bad typist. learner. in no order. opinions mine alone. Also here-https://t.co/KMyCSWJNku

Jun 17, 2022, 9 tweets

#Flu in #Queensland to 12JUN2022
😷three weeks showing a slowing.
🤧The current data point often changes in the subsequent week as outstanding results are finalised and reported-but this looks to be a trend.

😷The biggest per population infection impact is in the under 20-year-olds.

😷A new graph (👏). Percent positive with a moving average. This also shows a decline.
🤧Northern Queensland #flu numbers are slowing down.

😷A heat map with this week's #flu test-positive rates per 100,000 population

Estimated population numbers for those wondering.
From:statistics.qgso.qld.gov.au/qld-thematic-m…

😷A new table (👏) of hospitalisation numbers from #flu, broken up by region of Qld but also with some historical context.

Ian's take-home messages...
📢Get #flu vaccine if you haven't already
📢Flu seasons pass - wearing a P2/N95 mask indoors increases your chances of missing this one
📢Stay home if sick (=new: cough, sneezing, headache, fever, fatigue)
📢Stay away from the elderly if sick

These graphs & tables (except where noted) were lifted from the latest #Queensland Government #Flu surveillance report found here health.qld.gov.au/clinical-pract…

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