Matt Hodgkinson"The NHS is struggling and in crisis, but not because of a “super flu”. It is struggling because flu season has come early, vaccines are offering partial protection from a mutated circulating strain, there has been poor take-up and inaccessibility of the seasonal flu vaccine, and it is a health service that hits a critical state every single winter."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/15/flu-season-peaked-early-nhs
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Don’t call it a ‘super flu’ - but the NHS is right to be worried this winter
An early flu season, a new variant and poor takeup of vaccines leave the already vulnerable health service in a dangerous position, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh