Thread by @1goodtern

Hmmm.
There's something more than a little concerning about what's happening with Norovirus here.

A quick thread about Norovirus and its place within in the 'quad-demic'.
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Take a look at those black vertical lines.
That's the stage of the year we're at now in terms of data (the third week of November).

Recently, and most other years, the peak for Norovirus comes in the *the spring*.

But we're already at nearly the highest ever peak of cases.

*In November*

Take a look at the general trend pre-Covid.
Troughs in red, and peaks in green.

And then the trend in troughs and peaks since the arrival of Covid.

Take a look at the trend in cases late in November.

I hope it's peaking early.
Otherwise that's going to be *a lot* of Norovirus in the Christmas and New Year period.

But what could have caused a change in patterns like this?

I've been saying for years there's two things that happened when we let Covid spread freely:
First it damaged our bodies.
Second it damaged our collective responsibility to *not spread* illness.

People here all bought into the idea that everyone's going to get ill sooner or later, so it's ok to share infections.
It's ok to go to work sick.
It's ok to travel sick.
It's ok to send your kids to school sick.

But actually some people take it even further and think that it's *a positive good* to do those things.

I know it's crazy.
Yes. It's collective insanity.

But it has left us with bodies that are more vulnerable to illness and infection.

And it has left us with habits that *proliferate* illness like Norovirus.

Everything changed in 2021.

Everything.

Here's rolling annual cases.
If the next three months follow the same *shape* as most past winters, this graph will peak past 16,000.
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https://x.com/DavidSteadson/status/1867998654394728696

Data here:
gov.uk/government/sta…

Oh yes... and do you know what else (other than Covid) can damage your body and your immune system and make you more vulnerable to secondary infections... yep.
Norovirus.