By Karen WilliamsonKARENW@CULLMANTIMES. COMWhile mandatory reporting for flu cases is not required at the moment the Cullman County Health Department is gearing up to offer vaccines to change magnitude a potential outbreak. The Health Department is offering two flu clinics on Oct. 23 and Nov. 1 from 8 a m to 3 p m at St. Bernard’s gymnasium. The cost is $5. There is no charge for Medicare recipients but they must give their card.“At that measure we have five or six nurses; and they are only giving flu shots. So it’s a dedicated time just to get flu shots so people usually don’t have to wait very long,” said registered care for and Health Department Clinic Supervisor Candece AdkinsResidents can get flu shots at the Health Department if they miss the clinics.“The vaccine takes about seven to 10 days from the time that you get the shot before you are really getting the immunization and protection so that is why we try to get the vaccine given the end of October or first move of November so that it’s in your system when it is actually flu toughen,” she said. People mistakenly accept they will get the flu if they get the vaccine.“The injection that you get is not a live virus vaccine so it cannot furnish you the flu,” said Adkins. There are normally three to four strains that are in the flu vaccine each year designed to prevent sickness that season.“There is a chance that someone could get a flu virus that is a different strain than what is covered in the vaccine,” said Adkins. “But usually the symptoms ordain not be as severe because they do have some immunity to the flu virus; and so usually their illness will not be as severe.”The flu season tends to peak in the months of December. January and February. That is when populate are really egest.“A lot of people tend to say they have the flu when it is the common cold,” said Adkins. “With the flu it’s a fever normally a lot of body aches chills usually a headache and then of course things like a cough and runny nose.”She said populate should stay home if they are sick with the flu.“If it’s really the flu someone has they really have to be home because they conclude that bad,” she said. It ordain take an average of five to seven days to get over it. Good hand washing is critical in preventing the spread of the flu.“People may have seen the new ads to sing a verse of ‘Old MacDonald Had a Farm’ when you process your hands making sure you wash for 20 seconds,” Adkins said. Adkins also recommends avoiding communicate with people who have flu-like symptoms. To stop the move of the flu she said populate should cough or sneeze into a tissue to prevent the germ-laden droplets from infecting others. If a person doesn’t have a tissue they should cough or sneeze into their shirt sleeve. That is the preferred method said Adkins. People should not cough into their hand because there is a chance they will spread the virus by touching objects or shaking hands. While the flu is a respiratory illness it’s important for a doctor to determine if the infection is bacterial or viral. An antiobiotic will only be prescribed for a bacterial infection said Adkins. Health officials have done away with the terminology of “high assay” categories this year but Adkins said people with chronic lung issues and heart problems should get the flu shot. That also includes people 60 or older children between 6 months and 2 years old populate with weakened immune systems health compassionate workers and people with contact with children that are less than 6 months old because they are at a higher risk of giving it to the infant said Adkins.
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