我来MIT很少听到有人议论甲型H1N1流感,人们似乎不惧怕这种疾病,几乎没有一个人戴口罩的。其实从今年9月开学,每周都有流感的疑似病例,到现在在MIT就诊的疑似流感病例达到了37例。MIT的医疗部门在校园报纸和网站上有流感知识介绍,校医院有专门的发热门诊。MIT报纸和网站上介绍最多的是如果出现流感症状在家好好休息,严重时候来医院就诊。不过校园内的预防甲型H1N1流感宣传画倒是不少,有的甚至贴到了洗手间。下面是我拍的一些照片,供大家参考,这些有趣图片把预防的知识都告诉了广大师生。。。。 A weekly round-up of flu-like illnesses seen at MIT Medical Week (Fri-Thu) ending: Average number of influenza-like illnesses seen per day in MIT Medical Urgent Care 10/8/2009 5 10/1/2009 8 9/24/2009 11 9/17/2009 13 Total 37 我恨流感大爆发 勤洗手 保持充足的睡眠 避免密切接触 捂住咳嗽 避免触摸你的眼睛、鼻子或嘴巴 避免触摸你的眼睛、鼻子或嘴巴 经常洗手 打流感疫苗 以下是MIT医疗中心的主任Howard M. Heller在今年9月25号 的视频讲话. Video Transcript: Howard M. Heller, MD, MPH, Chief of Medicine, MIT Medical, dispels the hype and offers advice about the H1N1 flu in this two-minute video Theres been a lot of hype over the last several months about H1N1, which some people are still calling the swine flu. One thing that its important to remember is that the H1N1 flu is very similar to the seasonal flu. Its no more contagious, its no more fatal than the seasonal flu. Should I get a flu shot? Flu shot is very important. This year, were going to be having two different vaccines. One is the seasonal flu vaccine, just like we have every year. But in addition to that, were going to be having a vaccine specifically for the H1N1. What precautions should I take? The general principles that Im sure everybody has heard about, are the hand-washing precautions, covering your mouth when you cough or when sneezing, because influenza as well as a lot of the other respiratory viruses are spread through respiratory secretions. Stay home? Youre kidding. At MIT, a lot of students, as well as faculty and other people, force themselves to go to work no matter how badly theyre feeling. Were encouraging people who have the flu, especially if they are very sick, not to do that and to stay home and take care of yourself Should I call my doctor? If youre not sure whether you should come in or if you can stay home, call. One of the doctors or nurses can advise you over the phone about whether it would be safe to stay home and rest up and try to recover, or if we think you should come in here to the Medical Department. Certainly, if somebody is very sick, meaning high fevers 103, 104 if anybody is having any difficulty breathing shortness of breath, pain in the chest, anything like that its important to come in to be evaluated, to make sure that you dont have pneumonia or another medical problem. We can also reassure everyone that MIT and MIT Medical has enough resources to care for everybody within the MIT community.