Lets not forget about covid f the U.K. can be considered a precursor to what Canadians will face, a difficult fall is on the horizon. Cases started rising in the U.K. in mid-September.
New variants are said to be able to evade the immunity built up by vaccinations and infections.
The Daily Mail reported that a drop in testing combined with the inadequate surveillance of new immune-evasive subvariants will create a “perfect storm” for another wave.
After hospitalizations rose by 37% in the past week alone, U.K. health experts began calling for mask-wearing and urging COVID vaccinations, according to the Guardian .
The surge in COVID hospitalizations has been connected to at least eight British hospitals declaring cancelled operations and asking people not to come to the emergency department unless they were seriously ill last week.
As in Canada, the U.K. is dealing with staff shortages and an overwhelmed health system.
At the end of September, Britons were urged to get both flu vaccines and a COVID booster over fears of a winter “twindemic.”
COVID restrictions such as masking, distancing and isolation kept the flu at low levels — here and in the U.K. — and with those restrictions gone, there are fears we’ll see a resurgence of influenza this winter.