More Britons than ever are at risk of triple-infections this year because lockdowns have suppressed our immune systems, scientists warn.
Leading virologists fear a bad flu outbreak ahead because the virus was effectively drowned out by restrictions deployed to fight Covid, meaning the nation has little immunity against it.
But the endless cycle of virus-controlling curbs have also left society vulnerable to other seasonal illnesses, such as RSV and adenovirus.
And Covid is also expected to continue circulating.
Professor Paul Hunter, an infectious disease expert at the University of East Anglia, said a bad flu year would inevitably ‘raise the risk of triple infections’.
It comes after US doctors claimed children were turning up to clinics infected with three viruses at the same time, in what was claimed to be a result of Covid policies weakening their immune system.
One expert said it was ‘not typical for any time of year’.
A rise in triple-infections among American children…
