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England's National Health Service is urging parents to get their children vaccinated for the flu ahead of the holiday season to protect grandparents and other vulnerable relatives:
Flu vaccines administered through a nasal spray rather than an injection have been rolled out this autumn for two and three-year-olds, and children in reception class and years one to four in primary school. Children are super-spreaders because of the greater likelihood of them contracting flu at nursery or school, where germs are passed on at a rapid rate. But only 18% of school-age children have had the nasal spray immunisation, according to the latest figures.
Prof Keith Willett, NHS England's medical director for acute care, said: "Flu can be spread more easily by children, especially to vulnerable relatives such as older grandparents, those with heart or lung conditions and pregnant family members. Last year, millions of people missed out on their free vaccination and yet it's one simple, common sense step to help us all stay healthy this winter."
With less than a month until Christmas, the NHS is urging parents to book their children in for the free vaccination to help curb infection over the festive season, when family get-togethers can spread the infection.
Meanwhile, the Daily Mirror (a tabloid) claims that Russian agents are spreading anti-vaccination propaganda in the UK in an effort to destabilize the country:
Russian cyber units are spreading false information about flu and measles jabs in the UK, experts warn. [Ed's Note: The current flu immunisation is applied via a nasal spray - there are no 'jabs' involved.] Vladimir Putin is believed to want to erode trust in US and European governments. The state-sponsored units are spreading the lies on social media to destabilise Britain, it is claimed. The Kremlin has previously been accused of attempting to influence Brexit and Scottish independence. Now, it is feared it is trying to create distrust over flu jabs and the MMR measles vaccine.
[...] Security services are so concerned over the threat to public health and security that Government departments have been ordered to monitor social media and flag up risky articles. Health chiefs have had emergency meetings over the spread "fake news" over vaccination campaigns. [...] We can reveal public health officials are investigating whether an outbreak of measles last week in Liverpool and Leeds was fuelled by parents not vaccinating children due to "false information read on the internet".
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(Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday November 28 2017, @02:21AM (4 children)
With air-borne and body-fluid infectious diseases (like flu), this will mean isolation/quarantine.
Good luck against your corporate overlords - they don't like extended sick leaves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 28 2017, @02:59AM (3 children)
Keeping humidity between 50% and 95% helps to suppress the airborne diseases. Getting sick people to wear masks would help greatly. Choosing video over physical presence also helps; have a videoconference instead of getting together physically. Get HEPA air filters.
For surfaces, a huge problem is recontamination. People need to be aware of it. For example, you touch the sink handle (making it filthy), then wash, then touch the filthy sink handle.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday November 28 2017, @03:36AM (2 children)
Righto.
Well, get in touch with, say, McDonalds, try to convince to implement all of the above for its low-paid burger flippers.
Come back after and let us know about your experience: should make a delightful read with happy ending.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 28 2017, @04:53AM
It'll be burger flipping machines. They exist. Some McDonalds locations already use automated ordering, eliminating that source of disease spread.
Sanitation doesn't work for every job, and it doesn't need to. We just need to get the average disease spread below 1.
So for every porn star who spreads a disease to 100 people, we need to make up for it with numerous office workers getting cleaner air and not winding up packed into meeting rooms.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 28 2017, @09:03AM
If McDonalds don't sent sick people home, that's more reason to not eat there than every single internet fraud (e.g. pink goo) put together.