Being hospitalised with the Flu

Patients are admitted with respiratory problems as a consequence of 'flu, just like being admitted as a consequence of Covid.

Respiratory problems have many origins e.g. trauma or disease, so it's important to categorise the cause in each case.

If catching flu results in someone being admitted to hospital - whether for respiratory or other complications - then it seems reasonable to give figures for those admitted because of flu.

The more people who catch flu, the more people have the opportunity to be admitted. Therefore the more vaccinated against flu will result in lower admission rates.

My grandmother died as the result of flu. Not in hospital but if she hadn’t caught flu she would have survived.

Yes, there have always been a substantial number of hospital admissions and deaths due to flu or complications from flu such as pneumonia.

Here is a report on the H1N1 flu epidemic:
Excess influenza hospital admissions and costs due to the 2009 H1N1 pandemic in England:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30338588/

Just as people are admitted with respiratory problems caused by covid, people are admitted with respiratory problems caused by flu. In 2017 there were 25000 deaths caused by flu. Most of these would have been in the winter months so would have been in excess of 100 per day. We forget just how dangerous flu can be. It’s why flu vaccinations are so important.