Former FDA chief predicts flu season will be a ‘whopper’

[mystery-ak]

 Former FDA chief predicts flu season will be a ‘whopper’
By Yaron Steinbuch   
September 22, 2021 11:54am

Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb warned Wednesday that “we’re in for a whopper” of a flu season due to a lack of immunity in the US population.

Gottlieb, who helmed the FDA under President Donald Trump and serves on Pfizer’s board of directors, made the chilling prediction during an interview on CNBC about workplace safety amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

“We haven’t seen a flu season last year — we’re in for a whopper because we haven’t put immunity into the population in at least one and maybe now two years. When the flu does come back, and it will come back, it’s going to come back very aggressively,” he said.

Gottlieb explained that the nation “hasn’t had much flu immunity in a number of years and so we need to be mindful of that, we could see a situation either this year or next year where you have a really bad flu season.

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[skeeter]

I predict a 10,000% increase in flu cases over last year.

How many cases were there last year, 1200?

[Kamaji]

In other words, most of those devilish covid-19 cases will magically morph into ordinary garden-variety flu cases.  And, hey presto!  "Bloody Hands" Biden has "solved" the covid pandemic.

[PeteS in CA]

Given the FDA's extremely spotty prediction record, this might have a better predictions record:

[jmyrlefuller]

They panicked about the "twindemic" last year. In fact, flu cases fell to levels unseen in modern history. Partly because there was a huge surge in flu shots.

What we want to look at is how the flu is circulating in the southern hemisphere right now. Are there huge spikes? I have not heard of any such outbreaks. In fact, this past year may have effectively eradicated the flu for a long time.

[roamer_1]

They panicked about the "twindemic" last year. In fact, flu cases fell to levels unseen in modern history. Partly because there was a huge surge in flu shots.

I think that's largely bullcrap. Not your opinion. I mean the data, largely absent so it could be used to jack up the wuhan flu.

[Smokin Joe]

I think that's largely bullcrap. Not your opinion. I mean the data, largely absent so it could be used to jack up the wuhan flu.

I believe you are right.