It's not that though. We are in a cost of living crisis when lots of people cannot afford to take time off work and lose earnings, have unreasonable work deadlines etc.
Plus you can't deny the fact that the hospitals are very busy so people are thinking ahead to try and avoid getting really illl- seems sensible.
Plus families are more fragmented. Some people live alone.
If people get overwhelmed by it, they just need to step away from news and social media, hide threads about it.
Other than that there's useful info on here about what to do.
I had it two weeks ago and I posted multiple threads because I didn't know what to do. I barely speak to my mum and paracetamol wasn't doing anything. I didn't understand the array of things to take, as last time I had flu was a decade ago and I was much younger and just toughed it out.
At 45 I was worried about it going to my chest plus now have an underlying condition.
I learned about different types of cough medicine - who knew that some of them suppress a cough and some thing mucus, and you can sleep better if you take something to suppress a cough at night. I also worked out that anaesthetic throat spray was also a god send and stopped me waking every 2 hours to cough and vomit - gets very exhausting after day 2. But you can't take that for more than 3 days so you need strepsils too. And nasal rinse helps clear out mucus and make breathing feel easier. And a friend told me about Tesco Whoosh - I couldn't even walk to get loo roll but I could order online and have it delivered in 40 mins.
Luckily I had a cold and had an inkling something was coming so I stocked up on meds but often flu comes on very quickly.
I just wanted to post the things that helped In case it helped anyone else.