is there any reason to believe HHN will be radically different this year?
Can't think of anything special that happened the past 15 months that could potentially affect an event that takes place during flu season...
Read the speculation and know that the general consensus is that they're hoping for the best, but have to be planning contingencies for the worst. India had done a great job battling the virus...until they didn't. Parts of Europe have had periods of being nearly fully open and then had to be almost completely locked down again. Nobody here knows what things will look like here in 3 weeks, let alone 3 months.