No cases of influenza A or RSV detected in Ohio during 2020-21 season - and just two cases of B flu strain...
- Prior to the pandemic, the average incidence of RSV was 8.8% for the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons, but no cases were detected for the 2020-21 season...
- But during the 2020-21 season, no cases of influenza A were detected and just two cases of influenza B were found
- Health experts say mask mandates and social distancing instituted to protect from COVID-19 may have inadvertently stopped flu transmission
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