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kassam cant compare one disease to another he warns the flu is a more prevalent illness and can be a bigger killer than other health scares at particular risk are the elderly and people suffering from respiratory kid ney and cardiac diseases and diabetes if you compare the flu to something like e coli the numbers who die from influenza are significantly higher dr kassam said he is hoping to convince the 60 per cent ofadultis who arent taking advantage of free annual flu shots to get immunized as a way of stopping the spread of the highly contagious viral infection beginning today and running until nov 9 public health nurses will be hold ing clinics where residents can receive free flu shots a flyer outlining the schedule of clin ics can be found inserted in todays economist suntribune there is a benefit to all of society in receiving the flu shot the single most effective method to prevent the flu is being immunized said dr kassam who received his shot tuesday afternoon in the last years there have been ran dom trials that have shown the benefits of the vaccine there are benefits in the workplace for employers and employees in reducing absenteeism i would generally recom mend the flu shot to all people according to bill mindell york regions director of infectious diseases control there were 29 reported cases of e coli 0157h7 in the region in 2000 23 cases in 2001 and 25 this year to date meanwhile there were nine report ed cases of meningococcal meningitis in york in 2000 three cases in 2001 and two so far this year by comparison during the 199899 flu season york had 76 reported cases of influenza and seven flu outbreaks in longterm care facilities there were 101 reported flu cases and 14 outbreaks in the 199900 season during the 200001 season the first time the province provided univer sal free flu shots to all ontarians flu cases in york dropped to 38 while there was only one outbreak mr mindell pointed out virtually all cases of e coli and meningitis are reported to public health however many cases of the flu arent reported meaning there are dozens of cases of influenza that arent included in the statistics many people have influenza but we only track the presence of it on a surveil lance basis mr mindell said the flu is transmitted by droplets expelled by coughing and sneezing the most effective transmitters of influen za are children according to dr kassam after an incubation period of one to four days victims will exhibit symptoms that include headache fever loss of appetite weakness malaise aches and pains and severe muscle pain with bed rest of aspirin most patients will recover in about a week however some patients will develop pneumonia which can result in death from hemorrhaging in the lungs there are two main strains of the flu a more prevalent type a and type b which is more severe dr kassam speculated many people dont understand how serious influenza is because general aches and pains or gastrointestinal bugs are often wrongly called the flu that makes it easy to perceive the flu as a mild illness rather than a serious and contagious infection dr kassam disputed claims flu shots can make recipients suffer from flulike symptoms he stressed symptoms of the flu shot are minimal and are generally con tained to a little pain in the area around where the needle was administered community mennonite church t parkview village auditorium 12184 ninth line stouffville 905 6409730 commenchurchaolcom 1100 am thanksgiving service what does it mean to be thankful when wq have so much and others have so little wideman mennonite church 945 am- sunday school for all ages 1055 am worship service speaker pastor ken wellington church office 6406219 for a ride call 6404185 stouffvilles lighthouse baptist church 6273 main street the miracle on main street continues october 13th 2002 meet our new pastor rev robert lindsay gatto sunday school for everyone 1000 am worship service 1 100 am bible study prayer meeting thursday 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