Fergus Finlay: We should prepare for a double whammy of flu and Covid-19

We’re going to have a flu season soon ... it’s going to live alongside the continuing pandemic of Covid-19, writes Fergus Finaly

The flu jab will provide a high degree of protection for you and those around you for the rest of the winter. Picture: iStock

My grandfather is buried in the Hague. On his gravestone it says “We mourn our loved one but do not murmur dearest”.

He was 39 when he died, a Sergeant of the 1st battalion of the Welsh Fusiliers. He died four days after the end of the First World War. It would take me a long time to explain the impact of his death on my family history — but you can take it from me that that impact was profound, in all sorts of ways.