[elhudy]

“ One indicator of flu activity is the percentage of doctor’s office visits driven by flu-like symptoms.”

Sounds like it could also be a measure of post-covid paranoia.

[pfisherman]

Definitely not paranoia. Near constant respiratory infections are par for the course with grade school aged children. You typically don’t call or visit the pediatrician unless things are especially bad or unusual.

[elhudy]

Pediatric patients likely make up the vast minority of the measure in question.

[red-iron-pine]

"daycare is spending $900/month with the only return being a new and novel virus infecting your family weekly"