Claim: 65,000 people died of winter flu in December 2017 and January 2018.
Fact-check: There were not 65,000 flu deaths in the winter of 2017/18 - Full Fact
Verdict: this is not accurate. although the actual number is uncertain, official estimates suggest that it is less than half of this.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Leo Benedictus
Date published: 2022-05-06T00:00:00