A leading pharmacist is warning the public “really need to worry” about getting their flu vaccines over fears the health service will buckle under what is being termed as the Twindemic coming down the tracks.
What has been dubbed as the Twindemic, a combination of Covid-19 and the Winter flu, the 2022 Winter Health Index from Lloyds Pharmacy has shown a lack of concern from the Irish public towards the risks involved.
Three in five Irish adults claim they are not concerned about winter flu season but the HSE’s draft winter plan reveals plans are being made for as many as 17,000 hospitalisations, 700 possibly in ICU, according to the Sunday Independent.
