• Affordable access to these vaccines requires a local distributor to make the inoculations available to the public, specifically in hospitals and to a limited subset of people like health care workers
• Supplies are usually reduced at health care facilities during the summer months. (Requests are largely being handled through mass mailing; Public Health Solutions, a national healthcare technology company, has been hired to help disseminate information to providers.)
• A need for individual privacy in people with mild flu infections, as well as in people with severe illnesses. These impermissible activities that are occurring as a result of the episode would be discouraged by redirecting patients to safe havens like their home or some other well-nourished place.
• Fever and cough may last for a number of days; however, fewer than 2% of patients in the United States with the flu show symptoms that will last longer than four days.
• Most people infected with norovirus recover completely. Those infected with cholera or typhoid fever may have mild illness, while those with severe illness may be hospitalized and have advanced disease.
• A heightened safety net will be in place as medical personnel work to cope with a flu pandemic or to get off sick, allowing others to step up to help.