But if (nursing homes) don't have vaccines by the end of the month, they will probably start making more fervent pleas. |
I think there are certain winters when there is a lot of viral activity, and interrupting that cycle, and having kids not be in close proximity to one another has, in certain years, very definitely resulted in less illness. |
It's important for people to realize that the quick identification of this and quick action to correct the problem has been shown to be very effective. |
It's not just colds. It could be flu, or other respiratory kinds of illnesses. |
Once this illness gets within a family, it's very important that the family take specific steps to prevent it from spreading to other family members. |
There's sort of like the usual prevention messages but we feel that although this has been mentioned to some point, we really need to re-emphasize it. We're really at a point where we need to try to bring an end to this situation. |
This year it's more an issue of timing, not a shortage. We've heard from some physicians and nursing homes that are wondering and waiting because they ordered from Chiron. |
We're continuously getting updates whenever there's an incident anywhere in the world. But this apparently was a little more than just an alert. |