Flu Fight: Keep It Simple (The Baltimore Sun)

Posted in Op-Eds, Print on Dec 14th, 2009
Sick People Should Stay Home If They Can, Wear A Face Mask If They Can’t October 01, 2009|By Faheem Younus “I guess I’ll take my chances.” I hear this a lot from patients when I fail to convince them about proper management and prevention of H1N1 flu. Why would someone in this day and age think like that? Why, when we have a rapid test to diagnose the flu; when we have two novel antiviral medications; when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are providing more timely information than one can read? Part of the problem is access to treatment. Most Americans...
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