Lo Sherlock del FediversoDec 20

E' arrivato lo flunami, uno tsunami inflenzale che sta colpendo tutto il mondo

Variante K, AH3N2 e H1N1 mix esplosivo. L'esperto Bassetti: β€œRischiamo di raggiungere un numero spaventoso di casi"

Guarda questo contenuto su RaiNews https://www.rainews.it/video/2025/12/linfluenza-bassetti-uno-tsunami-rischiamo-di-raggiungere-un-numero-spaventoso-di-casi-238dcf12-bb2c-41fd-a17b-fca0498dd5b2.html

#influenza #variantek #AH3N2 #H1N1 #flunami

@salute

JuneSim63 πŸ’šDec 12

"While the ongoing β€˜flu-nami’ is being invoked as the primary cause of the crisis, this is a convenient scapegoat when the reality is that the situation is the direct result of a longstanding and predictable breakdown in NHS capacity and workforce shortages.”
Vicki Price, President, Society for Acute Medicine

Get vaccinated, wear a mask and don't blame junior doctors.

#NHS #Flu #Flunami #UKPolitics

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/dec/11/nhs-bracing-for-worst-ever-winter-crisis-in-next-fortnight-amid-rising-flu-cases

NHS bracing for worst ever winter crisis in next fortnight amid rising flu cases

Hospitals treating record numbers of flu patients but worst is yet to come as medical bosses urge people to get vaccinated

The Guardian
Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him)Feb 18, 2025
An old post on virologydownunder.com
Some factors from 2017 drove Australia's #flunami then. The US then had its own flunami in its 2017-2018 season.
https://virologydownunder.com/flu-is-a-slippery-virus-a-tough-vaccine-target-and-a-challenge-to-contain/
Flu is a slippery virus, a tough vaccine target and a challenge to contain...

Much was made of a regrettable interview earlier in the week about the Australian equivalent Flu vaccine. Some of the headlines included... "Cut-price flu jabs too weak to work" "Cheaper flu shot behind grim toll"

Virology Down Under