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Protect Yourself from Illness, Preserve the Festivities this Holiday Season
By Carol A. Sheridan, RN, MSN, CIC, Associate Director of Infection Prevention, Montefiore Medical Center Manhattan Voice November 29, 2024 Follow @x NEW YORK - Preparing for holiday gatherings and traveling can be stressful for many reasons and feeling ill during the holiday season can certainly ruin the festivities. One way to safeguard yourself and your family is to connect with your primary care doctor or nurse practitioner to get tailored advice, weighing your individual risk and the benefits of vaccination for illnesses like COVID, RSV and influenza. Each person has individual characteristics that can increase or decrease their likelihood of moderate to severe illness this viral season. Some factors that can impact your risk of getting severely ill from respiratory viruses are: * Your Age: 65 and older or under 2 years old. * Conditions that affect airways like asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD] ...
