Face masks may have helped push two types of flu viruses to extinction

Face mask requirements quickly loosen in the US, but many people say they plan to continue wearing masks in certain situations, including during pollen seasons to reduce allergies and when sick. Pandemic security measures, including keeping social and wearing facial masks, reducing the number of flu infections observed during the latest flu season – and they may also have planned Clade Influenza H3N2 called 3c3.a

Pandemic, of course, causes big changes in how people live and interact. Most face masks are used whenever someone is outside their home, people keep socially distance themselves to each other, various travel restrictions and testing requirements are implemented, and many people begin to wash their hands regularly.

So it is not surprising, then, influenza and cold normally but disappeared last winter. Experts have warned that because many people began to abandon these safety steps, colds and flu can soar for one or two seasons later. In the future, however, develop influenza vaccines to help protect people during the flu season may be easier than before.

According to stat news, the security measures of pandemic may have pushed various influenza H3N2 viruses to extinction, although it is too early to know for sure. The H3N2 virus is more diverse than the Influenza subtype H1N1, making it complicated to distribute vaccines that will protect people from the dominant flu tensions of certain seasons.

The international database is used to record flu virus infections and monitor their evolution from time to time. The last time the H3N2 3C3.A was uploaded into this database was March 2020, as well as the genealogy of Influenza B virus called B / Yamagata. This information is provided by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Computational Biological Trevor Bedford.

This influenza virus variety may still circulate in some areas and it is too early to say whether they go forever. However, it is possible that the security measures of pandemic such as wearing facial masks may have reduced the diversity of flu.