"This is why Covid is not the ‘flu.
The image on left shows #covid admissions this year versus ‘flu.Covid is dark blue. The image on right shows Covid rates.FOUR waves already this year.All as big as each other.
This is a pandemic not endemic.
Source:https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1116648/Weekly_Flu_and_COVID-19_report_w45.pdf
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HT @[email protected]
https://twitter.com/drclairetaylor/status/1592931694130368514
Cumulative Change in the Number of Working Aged People Inactive due to Long-term Sickness in the UK
March 2017 to August 2022
(Source: ONS Data on economic inactivity because of long-term sickness — Nov 10, 2022)
https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/economicinactivity/datasets/dataoneconomicactivitybecauseoflongtermsickness HT @[email protected] @kityates
Data on the characteristics of those who are economically inactive because of long-term sickness from 2019 to 2022, including main health condition, age and sex. Data on flows to and from economic inactivity because of long-term sickness from 2021 to 2022. Data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) and Annual Population Survey (APS).