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  1. "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."

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #FluCrisis #NHS #Influenza #FluSeason2025 #PublicHealth #FluVaccine #H3N2K #SuperFlu #NHScrisis

  2. So the government decided to restrict who can get free flu vaccines on the NHS, and now we have a monster flu season overwhelming the NHS and hospitals declaring critical incidents all over the place.

    I believe that's what's known as #FAFO

    bbc.co.uk/news/live/cvgxg7kd6p

    #PreventionIsBetterThanCure #PreventionIsCheaperThanCure #Flu #Influenza #Vaccines #FluVaccine #NHSCrisis #NHSWinterCrisis #FluCrisis