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Jul 5 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
#Flu in #Queensland, week to 03JUL2022
😷Total numbers have continues last week's decline (2 in a row)
🔵current data point(s) change in the subsequent week as outstanding results are finalised and reported
😷Percent positive with a moving average.
🤧Steadily declining.
😷Hospital admission numbers because of #flu, broken up by region of Qld, with historical context.
🤒Drop in admissions for another consecutive week
😷Can't conclude much current detail about subtyping from such low numbers.
YTD A/H3N2 dominance from eth data we have
😷Ian's take-home messages...
📢Get #flu vaccine if you haven't already
📢Flu seasons pass-a good mask, worn properly, 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 were screen-captured from the latest #Queensland Government #Flu surveillance report found here. Great work.
health.qld.gov.au/clinical-pract…
Just to add, here are the current levels of COVID-19 hospitalisations (individual y-axes; QLD isn't updated for today yet)
abc.net.au/news/2020-03-1…

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•Why is Australia so stingy with its data?
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A thread I'll add to with reviews and studies I think convey the effectiveness of masks and masking, thanks to the hard work of others.
"Face masks and coverings cannot be seen in isolation but are part of ‘policy packages’"
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