Time: 2024-08-07
Jefferson County Public Schools students are preparing to return to the classrooms this week , but local health experts say they are not worried about the spread of COVID-19 . Compared to COVID-19 surges happening across the country , cases in Louisville are low , but doctors warn the virus is not going away . COVID is alive and well , unfortunately , and it is out there , said Dr. Mark Burns , infectious disease specialist for UofL Health.
As summer travel wraps up and kids prepare to head back to the classroom , experts say everyone needs to remember typical illness prevention . Dr. Nancy Dickey with Health For All says this means making sure the kids are healthy enough to show up for school . When kids go back to school , we start putting all those sweet little faces in one room and they re a little less good about hand washing , about covering their face when they cough , and so getting kids their flu shots before they start school , their COVID shots before they start school are also reasonable ways to try to reduce the likelihood of getting COVID , she said.
Many people experiencing COVID-19 right now are reporting mild flu - like symptoms . Dr. Dickey says it does nt matter if its the flu or COVID , deciding to stay home is the right choice . If you re not feeling good okay in particular , if you re running a fever , you probably owe it to people to say I m going to work from home today , she said . If you re feeling more than just a little bad , you may want to get tested because again remember that window for getting either flu medicine or COVID medicine is the first couple of days that you re sick . So if you waited out five to seven days , you may have missed the window.
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