There could be lots of possible explanations for it, but no one's providing them.
If you know what John Cunningham Virus does... then it would concern you too.
It could be down to:
Increased testing and monitoring in at-risk groups.
Increased usage of MS drugs like natalizumab and ocrelizumab.
Increased immunosuppression from broader therapies (e.g., for transplants or autoimmune diseases).
Improved lab detection and reporting standards.
Or there could be, you know, a biological cause.
Something like a virus that can damage your immune system and make you vulnerable to virus reactivation.
Would be nice to know how many tests are being done, and under what circumstances, and whether the positive tests represent latent but unreactivated infections, or new ones, or reactivated ones.
I'm sure the UKHSA are all over it like slugs on dog poop.
The only good thing about the graph is that the numbers of positives are still small.
Someone this morning said, "it's another one with leg problems, there are so many with leg problems".
And there are. There really are.
There's a wave of people here with lower leg problems that all feel kind of similar.
Wounds not healing
Skin ulcers
Infections like cellulitis
Tissue death
Blood clots
Swelling and oedema
Varicose veins
Cold, numb, blue toes
Loss of strength
Loss of balance
Loss of feeling
🚨
Look, I've gone round on this a few times, and I hope I'm wrong, but there seems to be a *really nasty increase* in mortality rates for under 1s here in the last 24 months.
People were already on top of this for the 2022 and 2023 data, but I think the trend has worsened.
Look. The deaths in that age range have trended up slightly...
... so if you're just looking at the deaths you might not notice that *births have kept on dropping*.