In short:
The number of flu cases in England and Wales are very high at the moment, and are heading for a nine-year high. It is said that there has been a rise of 75% of flu cases in the last week, and that there is a 73% increase compared to last year. Maybe a more worrying fact is that there are a lot more cases amongst elderly people, where previous reports showed that it was mostly rising under healthy youngsters. Several experts believe that the low temperatures of last week’s have contributed to the surge.
What does René think about this:
The worst thing, in my opinion, is that the British people are also infecting tourists. After my visit to London a week ago, I am here in Amsterdam with flu as well. Instead of searching for sharp objects at the airport, they should give us a vaccine when we enter this dangerous country.
To be serious, this is of course a danger for especially the weaker people in the U.K. like elderly people. For them this could be disastrous, so it is good that they warn the elderly to get themselves vaccinated. I found it slightly funny to read that it is partly because of the low temperatures, after having read on Benthe’s blog that this was a very warm year again. It must have been a really warm summer in the U.K. then.
3 comments:
Haha, I like your opinion. It could be disastrous for the elderly and it could be that the temperature changes have a share in these numbers. I hope that everyone is getting a vaccine against the flu.
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Feeling better yet? ;-) It is very odd that this flu-thing seems to be big oversees at the moment. Might be a result of the cold weather, who knows? Hope the elderly people survive the winter and that vaccines will be spread for free.
Rene it is great that I am in your article opinion so thereby your article is wonderfull :) I do however think that it is not only Britain who is suffering from this kind of diseases, the whole world is going to experience a major flu or other disease in the next decades. I do not agree with making a vaccine because the flu is changing every year a few times, so that will not help at all and it is very expensive to make a new vaccine.
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