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Preparing for flu season

Posted on September 24, 2009September 24, 2009 by Staff

With this spring’s outbreak of H1N1 flu and dire warnings about its resurgence with the return of students, many local businesses are gearing up for the infectious disease season like never before.

While the worry may be focused on the new strain that’s making headlines, the methods being employed — more frequent hand washing, hand-sanitizer stations and more strictly enforced “stay at home if you’re sick” policies — work for any kind of flu, as well as the common cold.

As one restaurateur wryly noted, investing in Purell (the popular hand sanitizer) could make you rich.

Small wonder that the interest in infectious disease is so intense this year. The southeast has been particularly hard hit by H1N1, and UNC has reported hundreds of cases since resumption of school at the end of August.

For Mary Anne and Andrew Jones, owners of Auto Logic, flu season means setting up a temporary flu-shot clinic in their shop. The two have been buying flu shots for their employees and spouses for about 20 years. But after noting the hassles of scheduling and people having to take time off work to schedule a shot at their family doctor, they decided about six years ago to get together with Kerr Drugs to bring the shots to work instead.

“We’ve always thought it was important,” Mary Anne Jones said. “We’ll have a healthier workforce as a result. And we always try to invite the neighbors as well.”
Jones reports that the Auto Logic clinic, staffed by a nurse from Kerr Drug, operated for about an hour last Wednesday and dispensed about 30 shots, including a few for employees from Akai Hana and Music Loft who came down at the Jones’ invitation.

“We even had two customers who decided to get their shots when they came in to pick up their cars,” Jones said. — Staff Reports

3 thoughts on “Preparing for flu season”

  1. Ellie says:
    September 25, 2009 at 12:12 pm

    Tip from a reader:

    I clicked to tweet this post via the link that your site offers above, but the feature doesn’t push the URL for this article. Instead it populates my tweet with just: “Preparing for flu season from: @CarrboroCitizen” which is not useful for communicating this article to my network. Also, the page still reads “Be the first..” even after I’ve tweeted it.

    Thanks for reading!

  2. Diane Eliezer says:
    September 25, 2009 at 1:13 pm

    Mary Ann and Andrew Jones exemplify what “community” is all about, and Kerr Drug is proud to have been their community pharmacy of choice these past 6 years. Keeping people healthy is our mission, and we thank the Joneses for their wonderful efforts!
    Kerr Drug

  3. Editor says:
    September 25, 2009 at 1:54 pm

    Thanks. Looks like our tweeting plug-in is out of date. we’ll be working on it.
    and thank you for reading

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