This strain particularly affect olde, more vulnerable age groups. The best form of protection against flu is to get the vaccine if you and to practise good respiratory and had hygiene. Whilst flu rates in primary care are still within what we term the medium threshold the virus does seem to patients aged over 65 the most, with rates moving into the very high threshold. As ever, flu is unpredictable so it to speculate how rate will change in the coming weeks-they may increase further, they may or even decline”.