It's perfectly normal for coronaviruses and influenzas to be prevalent in the fall and winter. But considering that the data shows that influenza has almost been eradicated in Canada, I suspect they are coding influenza cases as COVID
I don't know if I'm reading the report correctly, let me know, but apparently there's only 7 flu cases on in Canada in the week of Nov 29-Dec 5. 4 Influenza A, 1 H1N1 (swine flu, same subtype as the 1918 and 2009 flus) and 2 Influenza B. And they conducted 16396 tests. Meaning a test positivity rate of only 0.04%. I call bullshit. COVID-19 has a test positivity rate in Ontario of 3.28% this week.
It's perfectly normal for coronaviruses and influenzas to be prevalent in the fall and winter. But considering that the data shows that influenza has almost been eradicated in Canada, I suspect they are coding influenza cases as COVID