Bismarck Burleigh Public Health Recommendations for Social Distancing During a Flu Outbreak

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Bismarck Burleigh Public Health
(701) 355-1540

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Bismarck Burleigh Public Health Recommendations for Social Distancing During a Flu Outbreak

Bismarck, N.D. – Bismarck Burleigh Public Health offers the following recommendations about things you can do to lessen the spread of flu.  Limiting close face-to-face contacts with other people is an important protective behavior to limit the risks of exposures from droplet, aerosol, or contact transmission in the event of a flu outbreak.  Simply put, ‘social distancing’ is a way of ‘keeping our distance’ from each other to lessen the spread of flu to help slow the spread of disease and is an important tool in this influenza outbreak.
 
Things you can do to lessen the spread of Flu
-  Practice social distancing:
-  Consider  limiting the frequency of face-to-face contacts
-  Consider limiting casual (social) interactions that may normally occur at work and throughout the day
-  Do not report to work if you are sick
-  Take staggered break times at work
-  Establish flexible work hours or an alternative
-  Consider using e-mail, text messaging and personal mobile phones to communicate instead of face-to-face contact
-  Think about the necessity of conferences and group gatherings during an influenza outbreak

For more information visit www.bismarck.org, call Bismarck Burleigh Public Health at 701.355.1540 or visit
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/swineflu_you.htm