Flu cases hit record lows during pandemic: researcher Week after week, Canada’s flu status was unchanged — it’s almost been boring — and now here we are in late March and the flu season is essentially over before it ever began.“Influenza is actually at a historic low,” said Dr.
Susan Detmer, who studies influenza viruses in the department of veterinary pathology at the University of Saskatchewan. It’s clear to her that the measures taken to combat COVID-19 have had a significant impact on the spread of influenza.“With the pandemic, people are actually staying home and wearing masks and they’re not coming to work sick.