More in hospital with flu than covid...

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The current situation just shows how important vaccination is. The flu is currently more serious because not everyone is vaccinated so more are being more seriously affected. And far too many people are not wearing masks when they should, and not keeping an appropriate distance from others.

I would really like to see how flu deaths get reported this year, will be an interesting read.
Ive never bothered with flu shots, only had flu about 2-3 times over the last 20 years. Common colds are miserable too but they dont even have a vaccine for those yet, probably no point as they keep mutating so much.

If anything positive comes out of this covid situation is that we might see more people be more considerate and stay home when sick, no brainer really.

Yes, it will be interesting to see how the season pans out and hopefully we'll be given more information than usual.

Common colds are difficult to vaccinate against because there are simply so many viruses. Some are coronaviruses like covid and flu, some are not and they are the ones that are very difficult to avoid because they don't wash off hands/surfaces as easily as coronaviruses. The good news is that work is well underway on a vaccine that will cover all coronaviruses. Might still be some time away yet though but when it's available it will also help the fight against some colds.

Which makes your last point paramount. People who are sick should stay home. I would add that if they can't, at least wear a mask and keep well away from others. And ditto for the rest of us who need to go out knowing that there are a lot of sick people out there who don't care about spreading their bugs.