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A flower blossoms from vegetation covered with volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Sinabung in Mardingding, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Source: AP/Press Association Images
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Thai riot policemen stand guard behind police barricade during an anti-government rally against a political amnesty bill in Bangkok, Thailand.Source: Sakchai Lalit
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5,300 year old human skulls are on display during the preparations for the exhibition ' 3,300 BC - Mysterious Stone Age dead persons and their world' in the State Museum of Prehistory in Halle, central Germany. Source: AP/Press Association Images
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A False Widow Spider at Drusillas Zoo Park in Alfriston, near Eastbourne.Source: PA Wire/Press Association Images
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Dinsmore, a one-year-old Bewick's swan who arrived at Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands centre.Source: Ben Birchall
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A sculpture of a woman and a child is silhouetted against the water of Schwedsee lake at Nazi death camp Ravensbrueck about 100 kilometers (62 miles) north of Berlin. On Nov. 9, 2013 Germany remembers the 75th anniversary of the 'Kristallnacht', 'Night Of The Broken Glasses' or 'November Pogrom'. On Nov. 9, 1939 the Nazis coordinated a wave of attacks in Germany and Austria, smashing windows, burning synagogues, ransacking homes and looting Jewish-owned stores. Source: Markus Schreiber
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Mount Sinabung spews volcanic smoke as seen from Tiga Pancur, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Source: AP/Press Association Images
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Houses and buildings are covered with heavy haze in Shanghai, China. Air pollution is a major problem in China due to the country's rapid pace of industrialization, reliance on coal power, explosive growth in vehicle ownership and disregard for environmental laws, with development often taking priority over health. The pollution typically gets worse in the winter because of an increase in coal burning. Source: AP/Press Association Images
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A kitten sits on the roof of a house that is covered with volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Sinabung. Source: Binsar Bakkara
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Dancers perform on stage during a dress rehearsal of La Sylphide at the Opera House in Sydney, Australia.Source: AP/Press Association Images
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A gull lands in a pond in Phoenix Park, Dublin.Source: Niall Carson
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West Wittering beach near Chichester, West Sussex. Source: Chris Ison
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@Alan: don’t think it is the HSE or government fault.. BLAME the pharmaceutical company’s greed.. the uk seem to have enough. What are we being charged? What are other countries being charged? I smell foul play.. and greed .
The ceo of hse Paul Reid should be sacked. He comes on TV as if he runs the hse without fault. He is a W a s t e r with no health background and get paid an absorbent amount to push paper and read out prepared statements on tv that are written for him. He can’t even get the flu vacine right,when he new this was coming .
A total waste of money that a monkey could do his job.
No issue here rang my Dr a week ago for flu jab had my appointment Tuesday gone. Both my parents only had to wait a few days my friend only had to wait a few days and got both his flu jab and pneumonia jab.
@J: Most flu variants would be just as contagious as Covid, but dont spread as widely due to limited opportunity. The majority of people infected with Covid can be walking around and interacting with others while having little or no symptoms for the entirety of their infection. The majority of people infected with a flu virus will have nasty, fast onset symptoms which means they will be at home in bed and interacting with very few within hours of the symptoms first appearing. I’ve only had flu twice in my life with the last time being roughly 25yrs ago, but its an illness you don’t forget in a hurry.
“In contrast to COVID, children are vectors for flu”. This is ridiculous. Of course children spread COVID. Not their fault but they spread everything. As a mother myself, I have first hand experience of this. Not saying we should close schools but thinking that kids don’t spread it is serious denial.
One thing this pandemic showed was that the medical system in France isn’t quite as good as people thought it was, but we can still get the flu vaccine free at any pharmacy….
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