We don't know about you, but everywhere we look at the moment there is sickness, kids off school, people off work, GPs and hospital staff run off their feet.
It certainly feels like there is way more sickness around than usual - but is there really?
Here to help answer that question is Kurt Krause, a Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Otago.
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