# Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Thread - 2021 Breaking News **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [January 1, 2021, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428 "2021-01-01T08:03:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 639
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/639 "2021-02-23T19:30:39Z")
Here’s some food for thought: > **[Not a single case of flu detected by Public Health England in 2021](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/flu-cases-covid-england-phe-latest-b1805124.html)** > > Experts say decline in infections could justify continued use of hand sanitiser and masks following coronavirus pandemic > Not a single case of [influenza](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/influenza) has been detected by public health officials in [England](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/england) for the past seven weeks, with infection rates at historic lows amid the ongoing [Covid-19](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/covid-19-0) restrictions. > > The social restrictions brought in to curb transmission of [coronavirus](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/coronavirus), combined with increased uptake of the [flu vaccine](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/flu-vaccine), have both been credited with driving down infections. Shows what you can do if you put your mind to it. (Those are seven weeks when the country was locked down). BTW no, I’m not advocating to do this every winter. But interesting, no? j --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428)._