So with every flu epidemic we get from now on, will we go into 'lockdown' ? those that are elderly and at risk, are it seems advised to stay indoors in every bad flu season, yet we seem to ignore that ! They say it was to protect the NHS, NOT us as such, but what about all the news reports over the past few winters, where Ambulances were waiting outside hospitals fopr 8 hours or more, as there was no room, no beds etc, people also passing away at home dure to lack of beds / ambulances etc, the word Pandemic seems to have struck fear into us, yet it just means a lot of Countries have the same illness at the same time, wheras epidemic is fewer Countries, maybe 1 or 2