The only appointment on the health you should certainly not skip this year
You may be nervous to visit the doctor, but this one must not forget.
You are not alone if you are nervous to go to the doctor these days. After all, you have been warned to the youngest of the Covid-19 pandemic to avoid any medical facility unless it was an emergency. But now, public health and medical experts are urgently recalled to all that there is a pivotal appointment that you can not afford to miss this year:Get your shot.
As you have probably heard about, many states have seen aSurge in cases of coronaviruses In recent weeks and recent projections of experts arepredict as much as 200 000 deaths by October. Until a reliable vaccine or therapeutic treatment can be made available widely, the number of cases will likely continue to increase, keepOccupied medical equipment to deal with cases of coronaviruses. And this is precisely why health professionals want to remind patients that hospitals can not afford to deal with both an increase in Covid-related business and the rise of seasonal patients with influenza patients.
In an interview withThe Washington Post in April,Robert Redfield, MD,Director of Disease Control and Prevention Centers (CDC), urged everyone to vaccinate influenza to free up resources for the fight against coronavirus. The first wave of COVID-19 hit the US, just like the flu season, which was lucky, Redfield noted. But, we may not be so lucky the second time. "There is aPossibility that the assault of the virus on our nation next winter Will actually be even harder than the one we have just crossed, "said Redfield." We will have the influenza epidemic and the coronavirus epidemic at the same time. "
If aCovid-19 epidemic and influenza epidemic had struck at the same time: "It could have been really really difficult in terms of health capacity," he added.
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Redfield said only about47% of Americans have influenza shots every year. But getting a vaccination against the flu this year, he noted: "May let there be a hospital bed available for your mother or grandmother who can get coronavirus."
That's why an essential strategy to mitigate asecond wave of coronavirus is to strengthen the influenza vaccination rate in the United States, allowing a dangerously taxed health care system to continue to focus on patients with COVID-19. And for more than a second wave of coronaviruses, checkHere's when the second wave of coronavirus arrives, doctors warn.
