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Flip Flop Flu (part 1)

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Flip Flop Flu (part 1)

With the NHS straining under impressive levels of seasonal respiratory infection I decided to take a closer look at historical levels of death due to influenza and pneumonia

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Jan 4, 2023
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I’ve just sat down from gargling with aspirin. Whatever has been persistently raging through Mrs Dee’s school since September is now raging through the community at large. We’re talking colds, sore throats, snivels, hacking coughs, strep throat, fatigue, flu and being ‘hit by a bus’. Back in October the BBC asked: is the worst cold ever going round?

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