“We're a sick nation."

@amolrajan & @bbcnickrobinson ask Labour MP Nadia Whittome why so many young people are out of work.

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In 2024, the facts are clear: COVID far outpaced flu in infections, hospitalizations, and deaths.

COVID also carries the added burden of long COVID, a far more complex, multi-system condition than the long-term effects seen with flu.

COVID is not like the flu. It never was!