Are there still a lot of people sick around you, or are you getting it yourself? The flu epidemic lasts remarkably long this year, it has been going on for 11 weeks.
Above average
An average flu epidemic lasts 8 weeks. Two years ago, the flu wave lasted 18 weeks, but then we had a very harsh winter. An epidemiologist from Nivel is also surprised that the flu has lingered for so long this year. Last year there was much less flu.
Different flu than in the vaccine
One explanation is that the flu vaccine this year is not effective against the flu variant that is currently prevalent.
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