Helpful Tips for Staying Healthy During the Flu Season

Helpful Tips for Staying Healthy During the Flu Season:

As we work our way through the flu season, we wanted to provide you with some useful tips to help your students, families, and school teams finish the school year healthy and strong.  To guard against flu, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommends the following:

• The first and most important step is to get a flu vaccination each year.
• If you get sick with flu, take prescription antiviral drugs if your doctor prescribes them. Early treatment is especially important for the elderly, the very young, people with certain chronic health conditions, and pregnant women.
• Everyday, take preventive actions that may slow the spread of germs that cause respiratory (nose, throat, and lungs) illnesses, like flu, such as avoiding contact with sick people, touching your eyes, nose, and mouths, covering your mouth when coughing and sneezing, and washing your hands with soap and water.

Additionally, below are resources for you to share with your students, families, and staff:

• CDC Fight-the-Flu Poster
• CDC Flu Guide for Parents 2018
• CDC Everyday Preventative Actions
• CDC Sick with the Flu Information

Please familiarize yourself with this information and review it with your team.  As always, support is available if you encounter serious health situations at your school.  If you have questions or need additional information, please feel free to contact health services at (901) 416-6700.