When flu and Covid surges will hit is so hard to predict - here's why

When flu and Covid surges will hit is so hard to predict - here's why

It’s time to stock up on tissues and to book that flu jab, if you’ve been putting it off. The winter flu wave has arrived early this year, with cases rising in school children and younger adults, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said. There has also been a rise in cases of Covid this autumn, although numbers fell in the most recent figures, making what happens next hard to predict. Flu and Covid are just two of a smorgasbord of respirat…