How does the CDC and the Health Department Protect against Sicknesses
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Getting Vaccinated
You may know how to prevent sickness, but how does the health department prevent sickness? What does the government do? Let’s take a look at different ways the government prevents sickness.
- There are parts of the government that are there to prevent sicknesses form quickly spreading. The CDC and the health department do a lot of work to prevent people from getting sick.
- Billboards, commercials, fliers, and poster are every where. They show how important it is to wash your hands, get flu shots, and stay home when you are sick.
- During a flu pandemic many public places will hand out masks to help stop the spread of coughing sneezing and breathing in others germs.
- Developing vaccines is important to keep people healthy. Scientist work to create a new flu vaccine every year to try and prevent you from getting sick.
- Research money is put into developing new treatments and vaccines to help treat everyday to rare illnesses.
- Quarantining sick people may not sound like the greatest way to prevent sickness, but the government does this to stop it from spreading.
- Educating people about the flu to help them stop the spread. Through the news and the radio information about the flu is everywhere.
- The CDC has a website for the flu. It was designed for everyday people in mind with everything you will every need to know to prevent the flu.
- The government has developed anti viral medication. If taken at the first signs of the flu they will make it less serious and last less time.
- Doctors are prepared to deal with a pandemic if the needs arise. The government will inform the public and doctors of a pandemic.