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Originally Posted by bitontheslide
with all the isolating and social distancing, people are not maintaining their resistance to other bugs going around and that will cause havoc when life returns to normal
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I'd tend to agree although as far as I know, there's no particular immunity benefit to catching seasonal flu. Other "little" bugs and infections though, definitely. I haven't had so much as a sniffle in 2020. That said, the kids have had a couple of minor colds each (youngest is slightly blocked up right now actually) so the world clearly isn't quite a sterile environment yet.
Biggest concern would be babies/toddlers who are just starting to build their immune systems... you really do want a young child to encounter minor "easily fought" pathogens early to spark their natural immunity.