# 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:** 641
**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, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/641 "2021-02-23T21:49:56Z")
To be clear, I was referring to locking the country down rather than wearing a mask; but yes, I take your point. There are also counter-arguments to consider, though. I posted in another thread about the unintended consequences of the ways we’re dealing with COVID, with respect to flu patterns. The link is to an article in Nature. > [@A realistic look at the future in a COVID world -- 2020, 2021, and beyond](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-realistic-look-at-the-future-in-a-covid-world-2020-2021-and-beyond/920340/60): > > I haven’t seen this posted, but apologies if it has been and I’ve missed it. I guess this fits into this thread, though somewhat oddly: a realistic look at present and future flu in a COVID world, both in terms of type and frequency. [How COVID-19 is changing the cold and flu season](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03519-3) was published in Nature last December. It reflects on how measures such as masking and social distancing are affecting the current flu seasons (and other conditions, but I’ll concentrate on flu); and what the knock-o… TLDR: if you avoid flu for long enough, you lose generalised immunity and bad things can happen. j --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428)._