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Fairfax County helped prepare for pandemic flu by hosting a town meeting Tuesday.
Fairfax County (Map, News) - The world is not yet in the grips of a flu pandemic, but the Fairfax County Health Department hosted a meeting Tuesday night to explain its preparedness efforts, answer questions and unveil a Web site with updated information.
“This page is just another way we hope to better serve the residents and businesses of Fairfax County by ensuring that information is readily available about pandemic flu and how the county is preparing,” said Merni Fitzgerald, director of the Office of Public Affairs.
The meeting outlined details on the county’s planning process for pandemic flu, and the Web site contains helpful links, checklists and resources, county news releases on pandemic flu and information on how to stay healthy.
The Pandemic Flu Town Meeting will be aired at 8 p.m. Saturday and again April 26 on Channel 16 on Cox Cable. For information about the county’s pandemic flu planning initiative, contact the Fairfax County Health Department at 703-246-2411.
More on pandemic flu
» Fairfax County Pandemic Flu Web site: www.fairfaxcounty.gov/emergency/pandemicflu
» Fairfax County Health Department: www.fairfaxcounty.gov/hd
» Virginia Department of Health: www.vdh.state.va.us
» CDC Pandemic Flu Web site: www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic
» Official U.S. government Web site for information on pandemic flu: www.pandemicflu.gov
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My 9-year-old son had open heart surgery and was on the heart/lung machine during his surgery,after which he experienced anxiety and depression and had thoughts of suicide. He took his own life at 17 years old. I wish I had known this risk of the heart surgery and specifically the risk of being on the heart/lung machine.
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Did you even read the article?
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