Schools: Highly Effective Virus Transmission Sites

Posted on October 11, 2010 by David Oliver
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Two weeks after kids go back to school, doctor visits for flu-like symptoms spiked in 2009. Why? It looks like schools catalyzed "community-wide transmission" of H1H1 pandemic influenza. See "School Opening Dates Predict Pandemic Influenza A(H1N1) Outbreaks in the United States". The authors suggest vaccination begin before kids return to school.

There's good news for people (like me) who hate getting vaccinated. It looks like "Needle-Free Influenza Vaccination" is on the way.

Finally, here's the CDC's picture of the week from the Public Health Information Library. It's what influenza vaccines help your immune system recognize and inhibit.

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