Sick with H1N1? 6 Ways to Keep From Infecting Friends and Family

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herpes of AL 5:44PM December 29, 2009

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modafinil of AL 8:41PM December 15, 2009

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imitrex of AL 4:18PM December 01, 2009

You list people over age 65 as people to stay away from because they are high risk, but this is not accurate. 90% of hospitalizations for H1N1 have been in people under the age of 65, and therefore, your coworkers are likely at greater risk than your elderly relatives.

It's definitely hard to know if you have swine flu without a fever, but come on. If you are practically hacking out a lung through coughing and you don't have asthma, then you obviously have some sort of illness that you could spread to others.

CatM of NJ 11:40AM November 04, 2009

I found your article very informitive. I was writing an awarness article for school and your articl gave many tips that i will include in my own article for school. thank you for posting this it was extreamly helpful.

kaitlin of CA 5:01PM November 02, 2009

Hi Deborah,

Glad you are feeling better and that your family is getting better. I hope you have reconsidered being at work while you are symptomatic. You are correct, you have and may still be exposing your friends and co workers to the virus. I am wondering how you didnt have that information earlier? The virus is really tough on kids, pregnant women and those with health issues. So please stay home and do not infect those around you. As a writer perhaps you could spread the word about the seriousness of this influenza.

Thanks,

Mary

Mary of CO 4:30PM November 02, 2009

The Obama administration created a crisis situation with H1N1 over the past eight months, and touted all of the good stuff the "Cavalry" was doing!!

There are vaccine shortages all over the country, even though HHS first let contracts for H1N1 vaccine manufacturing last spring. So far, only about 15 million doses have been dispensed in the U.S., out of 120 million that were promised. What happened?

Is this what we can expect from OBAMACARE??

jwatl of FL 11:50AM October 29, 2009

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Deborah Kotz, senior writer for U.S. News & World Report, covers everything women care about when it comes to their health. She's often tapping out "Oprah-esque" confessions about how the latest news relates to her personally—whether it's on breast cancer, contraception or easing work-family stress.

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