Not too late to get a flu shot
CHENANGO COUNTY – It’s not too late to get a flu shot, says the Chenango County Department of Public Health.
The department will set up free and open flu vaccine clinics for all ages from 3 to 6 p.m. on Friday at the Monsignor Festa Parish Center on East Main Street in Norwich, and from 10 a.m. to noon on Monday at the County Office Building.
The department has an excess of vaccinations, and nurse Marianne Kirsch said she’s hopeful that people will take advantage of the surplus.
“We’ll give it away,” she said.
Medical Director Dr. Scott Cohen said that apart from influenza, the overuse of antibiotics has been a pressing and ongoing issue in regard to public health that the general population might not be aware of.
According to Cohen and other agencies, the blanket prescription of antibiotics for viral respiratory infections such as colds and bronchitis have caused existing bacteria in the body to strengthen their residence to antibiotic treatments, making people more susceptible to pneumonia and other bacterial illnesses.
“The dangers are specifically resistance,” Cohen said. “Using too many antibiotics puts people at severe risk for severe infections.”
The federal Center for Disease Control, along with the New York state Department of Health, confirm those findings.
“It is generally acknowledged that the increase in drug-resistant bacteria is in large measure a byproduct of inappropriate prescription of antibiotics,” states information the New York state Department of Health’s web site. “Antibiotic resistance occurs when mutant bacteria are selected out by antibiotic use. These mutant bacteria are not eradicated by standard antibiotics.”
Cohen said escalation in resistance results in the development of more powerful drugs to combat the more powerful bacteria, or “super bugs;” concurring it creates an arms-race type of environment.
Cohen added that it’s not just over prescribing that is creating the problem, contending that the use of antibiotics in animals and in agriculture also contributes.
“Over-utilization of antibiotics in otitis (ear infections) and other upper respiratory infections accounts for the 25 to 45 percent prevalence of drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumonia in the United States,” the state health department claims, “in comparison to the Netherlands where drug resistant Streptococcus pneumonia is only 1%.” The department explained that the Netherlands has implemented stringent programs to combat the over use of antibiotics.
According to the state agency, annually in New York state there are over eight million excessive antibiotic prescriptions written.
The department will set up free and open flu vaccine clinics for all ages from 3 to 6 p.m. on Friday at the Monsignor Festa Parish Center on East Main Street in Norwich, and from 10 a.m. to noon on Monday at the County Office Building.
The department has an excess of vaccinations, and nurse Marianne Kirsch said she’s hopeful that people will take advantage of the surplus.
“We’ll give it away,” she said.
Medical Director Dr. Scott Cohen said that apart from influenza, the overuse of antibiotics has been a pressing and ongoing issue in regard to public health that the general population might not be aware of.
According to Cohen and other agencies, the blanket prescription of antibiotics for viral respiratory infections such as colds and bronchitis have caused existing bacteria in the body to strengthen their residence to antibiotic treatments, making people more susceptible to pneumonia and other bacterial illnesses.
“The dangers are specifically resistance,” Cohen said. “Using too many antibiotics puts people at severe risk for severe infections.”
The federal Center for Disease Control, along with the New York state Department of Health, confirm those findings.
“It is generally acknowledged that the increase in drug-resistant bacteria is in large measure a byproduct of inappropriate prescription of antibiotics,” states information the New York state Department of Health’s web site. “Antibiotic resistance occurs when mutant bacteria are selected out by antibiotic use. These mutant bacteria are not eradicated by standard antibiotics.”
Cohen said escalation in resistance results in the development of more powerful drugs to combat the more powerful bacteria, or “super bugs;” concurring it creates an arms-race type of environment.
Cohen added that it’s not just over prescribing that is creating the problem, contending that the use of antibiotics in animals and in agriculture also contributes.
“Over-utilization of antibiotics in otitis (ear infections) and other upper respiratory infections accounts for the 25 to 45 percent prevalence of drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumonia in the United States,” the state health department claims, “in comparison to the Netherlands where drug resistant Streptococcus pneumonia is only 1%.” The department explained that the Netherlands has implemented stringent programs to combat the over use of antibiotics.
According to the state agency, annually in New York state there are over eight million excessive antibiotic prescriptions written.
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