Press release:
To help reduce further transmission of influenza and/or other infectious diseases, Rochester Regional Health is instituting the following restrictions for hospital visitors as of Jan. 3:
- Visitors will be limited to no more than two people per patient at a time;
- All visitors must be at least 14 years old;
- Please do not visit a patient if you feel you are ill, including sore throat, fever, runny nose, coughing, sneezing, or other flu-like symptoms -- even if you have been vaccinated against the flu.
Status as of Jan. 3 (tomorrow):
- Rochester General Hospital (Rochester) – Visitor restrictions in place
- Unity Hospital (Greece) – Visitor restrictions in place
- United Memorial Hospital (Batavia) – Visitor restrictions in place
- Newark-Wayne Community Hospital (Newark) – Visitor restrictions in place
- Clifton Springs Hospital & Clinic (Clifton Springs) – Visitor restrictions in place
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Please do not visit a patient
Please do not visit a patient if you feel you are ill, including sore throat, fever, runny nose, coughing, sneezing, or other flu-like symptoms -- even if you have been vaccinated against the flu...............Wait a minute...if you have been vaccinated against the flu you wouldn't have any symptoms....right?...exactly why i NEVER get a flu shot.
Jeff, you obviously never had
Jeff, you obviously never had a bad case of the flu. I mean so bad you can't get out of bed for a week and you think you have to get well to die.
Howard and I have gotten a
Howard and I have gotten a flu shot every year starting in 1996. We've never had the flu in the intervening years. We do get an occasional cold, but the flu is 10 times worse. We are believers in flu shots.
It's just so hard for
It's just so hard for manufacturer's of the vaccine to guess what strain of flu will hit that i just don't see the need for it. So many people i know who have been vaccinated have still come down with it. I myself have never had a real bad case of the flu (knock on wood).
A little protection is better
A little protection is better than none; and it's a myth that you come down with the flu by getting a flu shot.
The flu shot protects against
The flu shot protects against multiple strains of flu so even if a strain pops up after the vaccine was formulated for the season, you're still getting protection.
Without a shot you have no protection. With a shot you have at least 60 percent protection. If you got those kinds of odds in a casino you would be foolish not to put your money down.
A flu shot may save your life, but more important, your flu shot may save somebody else's life when you don't spread it, or at least save other people from being completely miserable for a while.
It's arrogant, self-serving and an abdication of responsibility to the rest of society not to get a flu shot.
With all due respect Howard I
With all due respect Howard I think you over exaggerated your last sentence. It's a person's personal preference whether or not to get a flu shot, there is nothing "arrogant" or "self serving" or irresponsible about their decision.
It is a personal choice. You
It is a personal choice. You are correct. But science favors the notion that it is a choice that effects everybody you contact should you become sick. While I could be less blunt, I merely wish to emphasize the choice goes beyond your own personal choice, little different from the personal choice to decide to drive drunk. Chances are if you drive drunk, nothing bad happens and perhaps the only bad thing is you get a DWI charge. If that’s the worse of it, you made a choice and suffer the consequences, but the choice can turn out so much worse. Is that bit of personal freedom worth it?
My response is not per se personally directed at you. You’ve made a choice for yourself and that’s you’re right. I’m sure I can’t persuade you otherwise. But perhaps I can persuade somebody else and convince that person to get a flu shot.
Fair enough
Fair enough