Health: the flu epidemic is likely to be significant during the winter of 22/23

Contaminations due to Covid-19 are on the rise again in France, Friday, October 7. But another epidemic is already pointing the tip of its nose: that of the flu. “Every year, we look at what is happening in the southern hemisphere, where the seasons are reversed with respect to us, to anticipate what could happen in the northern hemisphere (…). However, there was indeed a larger epidemic in terms of the number of cases.says journalist and doctor Damien Mascretpresent on the set of 12/13. “There have still been more than 224,000 patients, 1,784 hospitalizations and 305 deaths from the flu this year in Australia“, he continues.

For Damian Mascretso you have to get vaccinated against the flu “even if the effectiveness of flu vaccines is not extraordinary: usually between 40 and 60%“. This is however necessary, “especially since the eighth wave of Covid also weakens people who are already vulnerable, and the two epidemics will overlap“, he recalls. In France, this year, “61% of people aged 65 and over intend to get vaccinated. It’s encouraging. The campaign starts on October 18“, concludes Damien Mascret.

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