Posted on 03/09/2020 1:37:05 PM PDT by RArtfulogerDodger
Flu – not coronavirus - continues to be the illness to worry about February 20, 2020 - Influenza Surveillance - Awareness
The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) warns residents flu remains a more significant illness to be concerned about in the state than novel coronavirus. The Department of Health continues to monitor and respond to both the annual flu season and the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. There remains no case of the coronavirus in the state. Flu and respiratory virus season, however, continues with many cases still being reported at New Mexico’s clinics and hospitals. “Coronavirus still needs to be cause for heightened awareness for medical providers, but flu and respiratory illnesses needs to be the focus for residents,” said NMDOH Cabinet Secretary Kathy Kunkel. “Flu is the more pressing health risk in our state right now.” Nationally, flu cases are increasing while in New Mexico we are still in the middle of the influenza season. The best way still to avoid flu and flu-related illness is to get the flu vaccination every year and practice common sense habits like washing your hands frequently and covering your mouth when you’re sick and have to cough. The Department of Health continues to ask any persons returning from China to call our 24/7/365 “Epidemiology Hotline” at 505-827-0006 for guidance on how to protect yourself and your community from the novel coronavirus, even if you are not sick. Healthcare professionals who suspect COVID-19 should immediately notify infection control personnel at their facility and contact NMDOH at that same hotline number. Information for coronavirus is being updated often. Please consult the CDC website on 2019-nCoV for the most up to date information. Also, check with your health care provider about flu vaccines. Even if you’ve already had the flu this season, getting a flu shot can still help prevent getting sick again with another strain. To find out more about flu vaccination clinics throughout New Mexico, you can go to HealthMap Vaccine Finder or go to the NMDOH website: http://nmhealth.org/about/phd/idb/imp/fluv/. Media Contact We would be happy to provide additional information about this press release. Simply contact David Morgan at 575-528-5197 (Office) or 575-649-0754 (Mobile) with your questions.
Good news. Now I can go back to touching my face.
It's The Hunan Virus.
Whoa, someone in NM didn’t get the memo. Expect whoever is responsible for this to be taken to the shed and told to amend their thinking.
And flu is the virus throughout the ages that has both collapsed economies and caused nations to enact quarantines.
It’s Suddenly Racist to Say ‘Wuhan Virus’
The china flu is not the bad guy here. It’s the hype surrounding it causing fear and panic.
The government media complex wants to inject you with poison
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and they think and promote the vaccine- government - media complex az heroes
they are in fact villains
vaccines are poison and they are toxic
do not inject them into your body
do not believe people that tell you that if you inject anything into your body you’re going to be less likely to be affected by viruses
Not only do these nasty bits of DNA and RNA and adjuncts and preservatives that they injected to you not protect you they can actually do you harm or rather, are likely to do you harm
Here’s the problem with Western medicine - they think the only answer is drugs and injections!!
Yes. Today. Now project the growth of the coronavirus pandemic into the future and tell me what happens.
It’s the media promoting this Black Swan event...which it isn’t.
I heard that, but it’s accurate and true. I’ve been called worse names.
Project it into the future and 6 weeks out it falls off the news and becomes issue non-grata
I’m gonna start licking my fingers pronto.
There is no rational basis for that projection.
It IS ACCURATE and TRUE. I’ve been called worse names, too. I wear it as a badge.
Read my recent posts, I’m not on the front lines, but closer than most on this board
On the bright side, people now are at least more aware of keeping clean and how to not spread germs.
That will also cut down on the flu cases.
Ditto that.
For now, I think you’re right.
Though I think it’s still on the upswing of the bell curve, and if we knew the true numbers of infected and dead in China, we’d be stunned.
I hope I’m wrong.
“Flu – not coronavirus - continues to be the illness to worry about”
They may want to get an Internet connection to find out what’s been going on around the world for the past 2 weeks.
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