TY - JOUR T1 - Impact of general social distancing measures on incidence of influenza in Australia JF - ERJ Open Research JO - erjor DO - 10.1183/23120541.00507-2020 VL - 6 IS - 4 SP - 00507-2020 AU - Daniel P Steinfort AU - Benjamin Cowie AU - Douglas F Johnson Y1 - 2020/10/01 UR - http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/6/4/00507-2020.abstract N2 - We read with interest the work by McQuaid et al. [1] exploring the potential impact of social distancing on global transmission of tuberculosis. Influenza is responsible for a large number of deaths, with the World Health Organization estimating up to 650 000 deaths per year globally [2]. We have explored the impact of social distancing on incidence of influenza in Australia.General social distancing measures enacted for control of the #SARSCoV2 pandemic have achieved a profound reduction in incidence of #influenza in Australia https://bit.ly/3hXjOkl ER -