Is this year’s flu season really worse than any other?

Is this year’s flu season really worse than any other?

The NHS risks being overwhelmed by rapidly increasing flu cases and is on the brink of a crisis unprecedented since the Covid pandemic. That is, at least, what the media is claiming. You could be forgiven for thinking a time machine had transported us back to 2024. Or 2023. Or 2022. Or indeed any other year you care to select. However, when you dig down into the figures, it is not at all clear that the flu situation is so much worse than in prev…