The Triple Threat - Current Illness Levels In Our Communities, Vaccines & Prevention Measures
How General People are Staying Healthy?
Health Matters with the Medicine Center Pharmacy. I’m your pharmacist, Paul White. We’re glad you joined us. Before we begin, I’d like to thank our sponsors, Aultman Health System, Studio Arts & Glass, and Jenior Appraisals and Liquidations. Today Brad and I are broadcasting from our administrative offices and our guest is James M. Adams, The Health Commissioner for Canton City Public Health.
If you have been watching or listening to the news lately, concerns of a “tripledemic” have been frequent headlines. There’s no scientific definition for this term; it simply refers to a collision of RSV, influenza, and COVID-19 to the extent that it might overwhelm hospital emergency departments. Listening to customers visiting our pharmacies there clearly is a high level of illness of all varieties in our communities. Today we will talk with Jim Adams about current illness levels in our communities, vaccines, preventative measures, and in general, staying healthy!
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How the community is currently faring and is anything new with respect to COVID?
What symptoms might lead you to consider COVID?
Where can our listeners get free COVID tests to have if needed?
What are the recommendations for listeners who recently had COVID and are considering a booster?
What symptoms are different between Influenza and COVID?
If someone takes a COVID test and it is negative, should they assume influenza, and what should their next step be?
Which might be fueling the higher rate of infection this flu season?
What are the current recommendations for staying home to stop the spread?
What is RSV and is it circulating in our community?
What symptoms might present for RSV and when should parents or grandparents seek help from their pediatrician?
What recommendations do you have to keep our children healthy?
Why are we seeing a resurgence of some diseases like measles and polio that most of us considered a disease of the past?
What message would like to share with our listeners regarding the safety and necessity of staying current with immunizations?
Thank you to our guest, Jim Adams, Health Commissioner for Canton City Public Health. We’d like to remind our listeners, if you suspect you have a medical issue, please contact your health care provider. Thanks to our sponsors Aultman Health Systems, Studio Arts & Glass, and Jenior Appraisals and LIquidations. As always, we thank our listeners for joining us on Health Matters with the Medicine Center Pharmacy.
Have a healthy week and we’ll see you again next Friday right here on News Talk 1480 WHBC.
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