Meeting on flu prevention set for Thursday
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By Teresa Hicks
Local residents are invited to attend a community meeting on flu prevention Thursday from 7 to 8 p.m. at City Hall.
The meeting will feature a question-and-answer session with a panel of local leaders and health experts.
Both seasonal flu and the H1N1 flu will be discussed.
The meeting will be televised on the city?s public access station, channel 16 on Charter?s cable system. Anyone is welcome to submit flu-related questions ahead of time by e-mail at comrel@johnsoncitytn.org or content@tricities.com, by fax at 434-6085, or in person at City Hall.
Thursday night?s panel will include Shirley Hughes, emergency response coordinator for the Northeast Tennessee Regional Health Department; Johnson City Schools Director Richard Bales; Dr. Susan Kiernan of the Washington County School System; Dr. Felix Sarubbi, professor of internal medicine at East Tennessee State University; and Gary Mabrey, CEO for the local Chamber of Commerce.
?This is a collaborative effort between Johnson City, Washington County and the town of Jonesborough,? Myron said. ?All three mayors feel it?s very important to provide this information to our citizens, and are working together to provide this expert information for the public.?
Members of the public are encouraged to attend the meeting and ask questions, but city officials want to remind all attendees to greet each other with a smile or friendly word instead of a handshake.
?We have stickers that we?re having printed up,? Myron said. ?Our motto there is, ?Smile, don?t shake.? That means smile at people and greet them, but don?t shake their hands during this next four- or five-month period.?
For more information, call 434-6021.
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The ?Smile, Don?t Shake? motto means ?smile at people and greet them, but don?t shake their hands during this next four- or five-month period. (Contributed to the Press / )
</td></tr></tbody></table> By Teresa Hicks
Local residents are invited to attend a community meeting on flu prevention Thursday from 7 to 8 p.m. at City Hall.
The meeting will feature a question-and-answer session with a panel of local leaders and health experts.
Both seasonal flu and the H1N1 flu will be discussed.
The meeting will be televised on the city?s public access station, channel 16 on Charter?s cable system. Anyone is welcome to submit flu-related questions ahead of time by e-mail at comrel@johnsoncitytn.org or content@tricities.com, by fax at 434-6085, or in person at City Hall.
Thursday night?s panel will include Shirley Hughes, emergency response coordinator for the Northeast Tennessee Regional Health Department; Johnson City Schools Director Richard Bales; Dr. Susan Kiernan of the Washington County School System; Dr. Felix Sarubbi, professor of internal medicine at East Tennessee State University; and Gary Mabrey, CEO for the local Chamber of Commerce.
?This is a collaborative effort between Johnson City, Washington County and the town of Jonesborough,? Myron said. ?All three mayors feel it?s very important to provide this information to our citizens, and are working together to provide this expert information for the public.?
Members of the public are encouraged to attend the meeting and ask questions, but city officials want to remind all attendees to greet each other with a smile or friendly word instead of a handshake.
?We have stickers that we?re having printed up,? Myron said. ?Our motto there is, ?Smile, don?t shake.? That means smile at people and greet them, but don?t shake their hands during this next four- or five-month period.?
For more information, call 434-6021.
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