Coronavirus cases have been rising with experts suggesting immunity levels have dropped as to why so many people are feeling ill this summer
Experts have shed light on the puzzling spike in sickness this summer across the UK. They believe the dip in Covid jab uptake and a milder Covid season last winter could be to blame for falling immunity levels, leading to the current wave of illness.
Echoing these concerns, Dr Allen Haddrell, a research fellow at Bristol University, spoke to the Mirror about various factors contributing to the viruss spread, including school holidays, festival season, and notably the Euros. Dr Haddrell pointed out: "There's been some discussion about the Euros, which saw people meeting inside pubs and bars for prolonged periods of time, typically shouting and screaming. These are potential places where you'd get higher rates of transmission.
The doctor further emphasized that despite being four years into the pandemic, the public's engagement with preventative measures seems to have waned: "We're four years into a global pandemic, and we've learnt lots of different ways to deal with this and yet people aren't really engaging with them anymore. So it's really not surprising we keep experiencing these waves.", reports Wales Online.
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