Fearmongering Ramped Up With FOUR Viruses This Winter

Symptoms for each virus according to the NHS. A green tick indicates common symptoms; a orange circle indicates less common symptoms; and a red cross is for symptoms that don’t usually occur because of the virus.Source: NHS

Flu

“Flu causes sudden fever, body aches, dry cough, tiredness, sore throat, headache, loss of appetite, stomach pain and nausea,” according to the UKHSA.

While these symptoms can also be signs of other respiratory bugs, flu is distinct in how awful it leaves the infected feeling, as it’s far worse than the runny nose and throat irritation caused by the common cold, explains Dr Simon Clarke, an associate professor in cellular microbiology at the University of Reading.

“It’s often said that if you can’t get out of bed to pick up a £20 note from your bedroom floor, then you’ve probably got flu,” he says. “If you can get out of bed and go to work, it ain’t flu.”

How long does it take to recover and how dangerous can it be?

It’s a horrid bug that leaves sufferers bed bound but most people completely recover from flu in a matter of days or a week, according to the UKHSA.

However, flu can be a serious illness for certain groups, including older people, pregnant women, those with other illnesses (such as chest or heart disease or diabetes) and newborn babies. Over the last two winters, the virus has been a factor in at least 18,000 deaths.

Another danger, which may be contributing to the current burden of illness, is co-infections where individuals become infected with more than one virus or pathogen at a time. Studies have shown that people can be infected with both flu and Covid, while flu can enable severe bacterial co-infections due to the damage it inflicts on your lung tissue.

“Flu damages the cells in the respiratory tract that help you clear the bad bugs out of your lungs,” says Prof Hunter. “So sometimes you might get over your acute illness, and then a week or so later you develop this very severe pneumonia which kills people. A lot of deaths after the flu each year are not actually caused by flu (alone).”

Covid

Covid symptoms have changed over time and many people now report only suffering from cold-like symptoms, according to the UKHSA. However, some will also experience fever or chills, continuous cough, shortness of breath, tiredness, body aches, headache, sore throat, blocked nose, loss of appetite, nausea or diarrhoea, it notes.

Famously, the virus can also cause a change in taste or smell. However, this symptom is not only a Covid hallmark and can occur with other respiratory viruses as well, says Dr Clarke.

Covid, along with flu, can also cause muscle aches, which is less common with RSV, notes David Livermore, a professor of medical microbiology at the University of East Anglia.

As there are so many overlapping symptoms with flu, RSV and the common cold, a test is the only way to confirm which respiratory virus is to blame, says Prof Francois Balloux, the director of the UCL Genetics Institute.

How long does it take to recover and how dangerous can it be?

Most people feel better within days or weeks of contracting Covid and make a full recovery within three months, if not sooner, according to the NHS. Patients who report symptoms persisting for longer may be diagnosed with long Covid.

The latest figures, collected by the Office for National Statistics in April 2024, show that two million people in England and Scotland self-report suffering from this condition, which can cause constant fatigue, brain fog and shortness of breath.

RSV

The symptoms of RSV can include a cough, wheezing, shortness of breath, tiredness and fever, according to the UKHSA.

While the symptoms are usually mild, in babies RSV can also cause a chest infection called bronchiolitis, which can make it difficult for them to breathe and feed, Prof Hunter notes.

How long does it take to recover and how dangerous can it be?

Most cases of RSV are not serious and clear up within two to three weeks, according to the UKHSA.

However, it can cause severe bronchiolitis among babies, leading to around 20,000 hospitalisations and 20 to 30 deaths in the UK each year, it says.

Meanwhile, RSV infections can lead to pneumonia and flare-ups of existing lung disease among older adults, causing 9,000 hospital admissions among the over-75s annually.

Norovirus

While the symptoms of Covid, flu and RSV can be similar, the signs of norovirus, also known as the winter vomiting bug, are distinct.

“The symptoms of norovirus infection stand apart as it is a tummy bug causing vomiting, diarrhoea, stomach pain and cramping,” Prof Balloux notes. Its symptoms can also include a high temperature and aching limbs.

How long does it take to recover and how dangerous can it be?

Norovirus is an unpleasant, short-lived illness that typically lasts two to three days before getting better. However, it can progress into a prolonged illness that requires medical treatment in young children, the elderly or those with weakened immune systems.

While none of these four viruses pose a serious risk to people in good health, “all can be the final straw in someone of 80 or 90 in a care home with multiple underlying health problems,” according to Prof Livermore.

How should you treat these infections?

As with all viral infections, it’s best to stay at home, get plenty of rest and stay hydrated, says Prof Kamila Hawthorne, the chairman of the Royal College of GPs. “Use over the counter medication, such as paracetamol, to bring down a fever and ease the symptoms of a sore throat,” she suggests.

“However, there’s no real treatment for these bugs – you’ve just got to let them pass,” says Dr Clarke. If suffering from a respiratory infection, decongestants can ease symptoms and leave you feeling a bit better, though they won’t shift the infection any quicker, he says.

With norovirus, it’s important to stay at home for at least two days after vomiting and diarrhoea symptoms have stopped and avoid preparing other people’s food while unwell to reduce the risk of passing the infection on, the NHS says.

“If patients have any concerns for their health or have a more serious case, they should seek medical assistance,” Prof Hawthorne says. In severe cases of flu, Covid and RSV, where patients are considered to be at serious risk of complications from their infection, antivirals may be offered.

The best option to reduce the risk of falling severely ill with these respiratory bugs in the first place is to get vaccinated, says Prof Balloux. A vaccine is not yet routinely offered for norovirus, though one is being trialled across the UK.

“Vaccination is the best protection we have against flu, Covid and RSV – and these are free for those in at-risk groups – so we’d urge anyone who is eligible [and] who hasn’t been vaccinated to come forward and get one,” Prof Hawthorne says.

Aside from vaccination, keeping warm, following a healthy diet, exercising regularly and cutting down on alcohol can help to boost your health in the winter months, she adds.

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I went to my GP with a back pain right at the start of ‘Covid’, and he told me we see 15-20,000 flu deaths every winter in the UK. In 2019 we had a mild winter, so we saw a relateively low number of flu deaths at 16,000.

In 2020, when ‘Covid’ appeared, the official number of flu deaths in the UK was recorded at 437.

So what happened? Did flu take a year off? It later became obvious that most ‘Covid’ deaths were simply flu rebranded to further a political agenda.

As you can see from the chart above, symptoms of flu & ‘Covid’ are almost identical.

We were also told to ‘Act like you have it’ even if we had no symptoms, but it was some time before anyone had the courage to stand up and say you cannot be infectious if you have no symptoms.

We were also told the PCR test was very accurate, then its inventor said PCR wasn’t created to detect infection, and shouldn’t be used for that purpose. He mysteriously died shortly afterwards.

Since then, we have learned the PCR tests have a high incidence of false positives, so most of those tested actually have no ‘Covid’ infection.

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About the author: Andy Rowlands is a British university graduate in space science and Principia Scientific International researcher, writer and editor who co-edited the 2019 climate science book ‘The Sky Dragon Slayers: Victory Lap‘

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