You’ve undoubtedly heard the myths again and again…and again.
A human tooth will dissolve overnight in a glass of Coca Cola. Walt Disney is cryogenically frozen. Eighty percent of dust is made up of dead skin cells.
And one of our favorites: The flu vaccine will give you the flu.
Getting a flu vaccine is more important than ever during 2020-2021 to protect yourself, your family and your community from flu. A flu vaccine this season can also help reduce the burden on our public health and healthcare systems responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and save medical resources for care of COVID-19 patients. The more people vaccinated; the more people protected. Do your part. Get a flu vaccine this fall.
CDC recommends 3 actions to prevent flu.
The flu is more likely to cause severe illness in pregnant women than in women who are not pregnant. This is because changes in the immune system, heart and lungs during pregnancy make women (and women up to two weeks postpartum) more prone to severe illness from flu, as well as to hospitalizations and even death. Pregnant women with flu also have a greater chance for serious problems for their developing baby, including premature labor and delivery.
As wildfire season continues across the West, the CDC has helpful iinformation on how to prepare during the pandemic as wildfire smoke can irritate your lungs, cause inflammation, affect your immune system, and make you more prone to lung infections, including COVID-19. Know how wildfire smoke can affect you and your loved ones during the pandemic and what you can do to protect yourselves.
As schools begin to reopen across the nation, parents, guardians, and caregivers will be making decisions based on numerous factors, such as individual preferences, health concerns, work situations, and school considerations. Many schools are offering parents and guardians a choice between in-person and virtual modes of instruction.
Parents Should Make Arrangements ASAP
July 30, 2020 – As parents continue to learn what “back to school” looks like this year, one aspect of the ritual that hasn’t changed is the need to get their children vaccinated. Whether families choose in-person, hybrid or distance learning models for the return to school for fall 2020, Nevada law require immunizations for childcare, school, and university entry, unless excused because of religious belief or medical condition.
La propagación de COVID-19 se puede reducir cuando se utilizan máscaras cubrebocas de tela junto con otras medidas preventivas, como el distanciamiento social, el lavado frecuente de manos y la limpieza y desinfección de superficies frecuentemente tocadas.
• Las máscaras cubrebocas protegen a su familia y amigos porque las personas pueden propagar COVID-19 antes de que sepan que están infectados.
• Las máscaras cubrebocas ayudan a parar frenar la propagación y pueden salvar cientos de vidas cada día.
Cloth face coverings are required in Nevada as a simple barrier to help prevent respiratory droplets from traveling into the air and onto other people when the person wearing the cloth face covering coughs, sneezes, talks, or raises their voice. “We are not defenseless against COVID-19,” said CDC Director Dr. Robert R. Redfield.