NHS warnt vor dem „Worst-Case-Szenario“, da die „Supergrippe“ zunimmt

Relax guys, it’s just super flu, not even mega or hyper flu.

I’ll worry when it gets to giga flu or ultra flu.

The NHS is in crisis every winter. It makes you wonder if the crisis is real or just to pressure the government for more funding.

I don’t doubt theres a lot of flu, but 2,600 people in hospital for flu is not earthshattering given the overall capacity of the system.

Edit: You can keep drinking NHS bosses koolaid if you like but the numbers are there: Norovirus cases up 35%… but down 40% on this time last year. Flu is high yes but not much more than last year. Every year we get „NHS on brink of collapse“ messaging in the news and it never does. Why do so many people continue to believe it?

It will be the story of the boy who cried wolf. The NHS is reported to be in crisis every year.

It does seem bad this year per the numbers – but we have heard it every year so won’t take measures to reduce the spread. A big part of the problem this year seems to be the vaccine doesn’t help much against the new strain so people with flu get much sicker that they would do normally.

I’ve had really bad flu a few times in my life, but I’ve never once gone near a hospital with it.

Are these staggering numbers of hospital admissions all the extra vulnerable, those with a risk to life etc??

I just can’t get my head around that many people per day going to hospital with the flu and needing to sit in a ward until they’re better! Presumably they turn away those who don’t need to be there, so how bad is this thing that they’re admitting that many people per day?

I’ve read enough virus focused apocalyptic ebooks recently to know this is the end of the world. And I for one welcome it as it’d solve a lot of my worries over career, cost of living, pension, etc.

It does consistently get it. Its funding went up by £15bn in the budget or 2.7% per year adjusted for inflation. How much more does it need??

My toddler and I have just had the flu and it was a nasty one. It sent one of the kids from his daycare to hospital, and others needed antibiotics. Get the jab if you can.

My probably wrong understanding of the viral biology is as follows:

There are two proteins on the outside of the flu virus whose names start with H and N— I don’t remember their full names; they don’t really matter in this context. 

The flu vaccine targets these proteins, but flu is separated into different categories depending on structure. H1N1 is one that we see a lot; I think this is H2N3?

The vaccine does have protection against H2N3 in general— but this is a new strain of it which is a bit better at evading it. But because it’s still H2N3 the vaccine is still a bit effective— I think it’s more the difference between a rusty key fitting in the “kill the virus” lock, and the key just not fitting at all?

NHS will struggle, as people will inundate it and feel violated when they can’t be made better.
The susceptable will perish about 9k on average
So mask up and get ya jabs.
Same old same old really.