A new pandemic

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23 hr wait in Yeovil A&E...at York Hospitals patients already seen and needing a bed are waiting over 48hrs to get on the ward.
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NORWAY - H5N5 BIRD FLU 

1st time that bird flu of the subtype H5N5 has been detected in lynx.

The autopsy showed that the lynx was in good condition and had had an acute course of the disease. 

Further examinations showed that the virus was only present in the brain.
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https://independentsage.substack.com/p/just-the-flu-hampers-our-response or https://independentsage.substack.com/p/just-the-flu-hampers-our-response ;
Prof Steve Griffin on why "just a flu" is such a dangerous phrase

The phrase “just the flu” has enraged me since COVID began as it pays neither SARS-CoV2, nor influenza virus, the respect they deserve.
This phrase, clearly aimed at normalising pandemic harms, effectively benchmarks flu, which causes 1000s of UK deaths annually, as “normal”. This is despite available vaccines, drugs, and hard-earned population immunity against the flu virus. Sadly, familiarity breeds contempt, or in this case, complacency.

The UK “living with” COVID response relies entirely on this premise of flu as a “normal” illness, crowbarring a COVID peg into an influenza-shaped hole. The result: an overstretched NHS enduring additional health burden with little extra resource.
SARS-CoV2 has made “winter pressures” perennial (Figure 1). As a result, more people are dying, hundreds of thousands more people are unable to work, and support for Long Covid patients is dwindling. This “new normal” is NOT befitting of a country with (historically) advanced health and social care.

DJ, indie_SAGE did do a good job in informing people. We may welcome them back...

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	UK; Cat in the Hat reposted Shaun Lintern @ShaunLintern · 2h < aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="menu" aria-label="More" role="" ="-175oi2r r-1777fci r-bt1l66 r-bztko3 r-lrvibr r-1loqt21 r-1ny4l3l" -testid="caret" ="" style="text-align: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-family: inherit; align-items: stretch; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; border-color: black; display: flex; flex-basis: auto; flex-direction: column; flex-shrink: 0; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-height: 20px; min-width: 0px; padding: 0px; : relative; : 0; overflow: ; justify-: center; cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; user-: none;"> 23 hr wait in Yeovil A&E...at York Hospitals patients already seen and needing a bed are waiting over 48hrs to get on the ward. - Outbreak Updates @outbreakupdates · 50m < aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="menu" aria-label="More" role="" ="-175oi2r r-1777fci r-bt1l66 r-bztko3 r-lrvibr r-1loqt21 r-1ny4l3l" -testid="caret" ="" style="text-align: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-family: inherit; align-items: stretch; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; border-color: black; display: flex; flex-basis: auto; flex-direction: column; flex-shrink: 0; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-height: 20px; min-width: 0px; padding: 0px; : relative; : 0; overflow: ; justify-: center; cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; user-: none;"> NORWAY - H5N5 BIRD FLU 1st time that bird flu of the subtype H5N5 has been detected in lynx. The autopsy showed that the lynx was in good condition and had had an acute course of the disease. Further examinations showed that the virus was only present in the brain. - https://independentsage.substack.com/p/just-the-flu-hampers-our-response or https://independentsage.substack.com/p/just-the-flu-hampers-our-response ; Prof Steve Griffin on why "just a flu" is such a dangerous phrase The phrase “just the flu” has enraged me since COVID began as it pays neither SARS-CoV2, nor influenza virus, the respect they deserve. This phrase, clearly aimed at normalising pandemic harms, effectively benchmarks flu, which causes 1000s of UK deaths annually, as “normal”. This is despite available vaccines, drugs, and hard-earned population immunity against the flu virus. Sadly, familiarity breeds contempt, or in this case, complacency. The UK “living with” COVID response relies entirely on this premise of flu as a “normal” illness, crowbarring a COVID peg into an influenza-shaped hole. The result: an overstretched NHS enduring additional health burden with little extra resource. SARS-CoV2 has made “winter pressures” perennial (Figure 1). As a result, more people are dying, hundreds of thousands more people are unable to work, and support for Long Covid patients is dwindling. This “new normal” is NOT befitting of a country with (historically) advanced health and social care. DJ, indie_SAGE did do a good job in informing people. We may welcome them back...