FLU.




TAKE VO
HEALTH OFFICIALS IN LEWIS AND
CLARK COUNTY SAY THEY HAVE SEEN
A SPIKE IN FLU CASES THIS MONTH
STATOFE FICIALS SAY LEWIS AND
CLARK COUNTY SAW 116 NEW
CASES OVER THE LAST REPORTING
PERIOD...
AND HAS SEEN NEARLY 350 CASES
SINCE THE SEASON BEGAN IN THE
FALL.
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE SUPERVISOR,
SHELLY MAAG SAYS
EVEN THOUGH WE ARE MONTHS INTO
FLU SEASON IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO
GET THE FLU VACCINE...
AND IF YOU THINK YOUR ARE SICK
OR GETTING SICK... TAKE STEPS TO
PREVENT SPREADING THE VIRUS.
FLU CASES HAVE SPIKED THIS MONTH
IN LEWIS AND CLARK
COUNTY....
REPORTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC HEALTH HAVE UPDATED
SHOWING XXXX
BEING SICK CAN INHIBIT US FROM
GOING TO WORK AND/OR STAYING
HOME FROM SCHOOL WHICH MANY OF
US ARE NOT FANS OF...BUT PUBLIC
HEALTH NURSE SUPERVISOR, SHELLY
MAAG, GIVES US TIPS ON WHAT TO
DO IF YOU'RE FEELING FLU-LIKE
SYMPTOMSND A THE IMPORTANCE OF
GETTING PLENTY OF REST...
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TAKE SOT: XX:20 OC:..SPREADS
REALLY FAST. I THINK THE
IMPORTANT THING IS NUMBER ONE,
STILL GET YOUR FLU VACCINE.
IT TAKES A COUPLE WEEKS FOR IT
TO WORK AND EVEN IF YOU GET
EXPOSED AND GET THE ILLNESS,
IT'S NOT AS BAD. AND IF YOU ARE
SICK, STAY HOME.
GET OVER THE FEVER, GET OVER THE
CHILLS, FEEL BETTER BEFORE YOU
GO BACK TO WORK OR BACK TO
SCHOOL BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT
SPREADS, WHEN YOU'RE AROUND A
GROUP OF PEOPLE AND ONE OF THEM
IS SICK--IT SPREADS REALLY FAST.
ON CAMERA TAG
AS ALWAYS...
THE BEST WAY TO PREVENT THE
SPREAD OF THE FLU IN THE
CLASSROOM OF AT THE OFFICE IS
WASH YOUR HANDS AS OFTEN AS
