In the winter months, Flu hospital admissions climb rapidly, and in England they’ve outnumbered Covid admissions during this period for each of the past three years. It’s a good time to get your Flu and Covid vaccines if you haven’t already.

UKHSA data for England shows that during the winter season, flu hospital admissions rise quickly and have exceeded Covid admissions during this time in each of the past three years.

Time to get the Flu and Covid vaccine if you have not already done so.

As the following chart illustrates, regional economic inequality is a long-standing problem that requires long-term systemic solutions.

Data comes from a recent British Academy report reviewing UK policies addressing this issue over the past 100 years.

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/55...

Covid levels detected in wastewater samples for European countries that still publish this data are falling. A hopeful sign as we enter the Winter Flu season.

This week, Covid levels in wastewater presented a mixed picture across Europe. German and Austrian levels look like they are plateauing. In France, Denmark, and Sweden levels continue to fall, while in the Netherlands they have risen slightly, maintaining the recent slow upward trend .

This chart comes from my weekly Covid Situation Report that covers Covid activity in the UK and other countries which can be found at the following link.

bhawkins3.substack.com/p/covid-situ...

This week, Covid levels in wastewater for European countries that still report this data showed a mixed trend. While levels in France are falling from their recent peak, those in Germany continue to rise. Other countries are broadly unchanged.

I publish this chart in my weekly Covid Situation Report. If you are interested in keeping up to date then you may wish to subscribe. It's free to access, just click on the following link.

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Here are the latest trends for Covid levels found in wastewater for those European countries that still publish this information.

The rate of increase in France slowed this week. Hopefully, this may signal the peak of this recent wave in France.

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Just to let people know that I publish a weekly Covid Situation report that not only covers England (using the UKHSA data) but also includes summaries on the status in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

bhawkins3.substack.com/p/covid-situ...

Over the past week, Covid activity has risen in most of the European countries that still publish Covid levels found in wastewater. While some nations are still at relatively low levels, several have reached moderately high levels.
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However, Covid levels measured in wastewater remain high across most states.

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The following charts of key Covid indictors for the USA certainly indicate that their recent wave has peaked and is starting to fall.

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Panel chart showing the latest Covid levels in wastewater for European countries that still report this data. Denmark and Sweden showing significant increases this week.

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There is clear evidence that some asylum seekers choose to risk their lives crossing the channel to seek asylum in the UK as a result of the Dublin convention which we left with Brexit.
See the following report: drive.google.com/file/d/1jtbo...

In case you haven't seen it, the state level ED raw data is still available for Covid, Flu, and RSV at the following link.

data.cdc.gov/Public-Healt...