Our group chose
to put our "This is Public Health" Sticker on CVS's Flu Shot poster
advertisement! With flu-season in full effect, it is important that pharmacies,
like CVS advertise the flu shot, so that the general public can stop inside to
get the vaccine, to prevent them getting the flu and spreading it to others. We
think it is great that pharmacists are able to administer the flu-vaccine. It's
important to note, that most pharmacists weren't able to do so until very
recently in Fall 2009 when several states issued a special waiver to allow a
pharmacist- rather than a doctor or other healthcare professional to administer
seasonal and H1N1 vaccines amid fears of a pandemic. The expanded role of the
pharmacist definitely could help save lives, and save the community money by
offering these flu shots. The
vaccinations offered at drugstore pharmacies like CVS, are more efficient and
less costly than a trip to the doctor's office, which can typically cost a
health plan or employer up to $100, depending on the insurance. With flu-shots
as a preventative care measure, neighborhood drugstores and pharmacies are
doing their part to ensure they are servicing the community in a positive and
healthy way, by administering these vaccinations and assuming added
responsibility to make the community they live and work in a healthier one!
This represents a public health issue because it is important to prevent the
spread of the flu in our communities. Without the flu shot there would a much larger amount of people getting sick, missing school, missing work, visiting doctors, being hospitalized, and dying from the flu. It is important
to protect ourselves and to protect those around us and we can do that by getting the flu shot vaccination and encouraging others to get it too!
By: Group 18 Deviney, Melissa, Rosie, and Michael
By: Group 18 Deviney, Melissa, Rosie, and Michael
I enjoyed reading all this information about the flu shot. I never knew how important the shot actually is or that it could trememdously the spread. I feel that this shot should be pushed on a little harder for the nation so we can all have a better health outcome in the end. I feel that it also needs to be explain more in detail exactly what it does so people can start believing it and receiving the shot.
ReplyDeleteThe ease of receiving the immunization from a CVS would be better than receiving it at a doctors. Medical cost is a large concern of people today and if it is easy to receive, people are more inclined to get it. The spreading of medical issues like the flue would also decrease because people would be protected.
ReplyDeleteThis article represented how important public health preventative measures like vaccinations really are. I never really understood how crucial something as simple as a "flu shot" really is to the general health of the public. I personally believe that with today's advancement in medicine, preventing something as common as the flu should be more pushed on the public, especially since, as this group pointed out, the detrimental effects it can have on daily life. Overall this was a good spot for the promotion of public and provided much more insight on the flu vaccination than I thought I already knew.
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