“Doctors have work”: winter viruses are back in Poitou

“Between five and ten degrees with humidity, the doctors have work”, exclaims a general practitioner from Poitiers in front of a pharmacy in the city. Rosie and Christo come out with a big bag of medicine under their arms. “It started with the start of the holidays. The little children brought the viruses and then, as we treated them, it was the mother who fell ill, the father, and then the grandmother and grandfather “explains Rosie.

These are “of the rhinopharyngiteof the anginaof the bronchitis which are arriving more and more”explains the doctor. Same observation for Mathieu Fourtillan at the Cordeliers pharmacy. The pharmacist lists “quite a lot of colds“of the “gastro“ et “of COVID who hangs around.”

Vaccination

“Flu vaccination should be a reflex. COVID, flu: every year in September. That would be a good thing.”explains the general practitioner. Anne, who came out of the pharmacy, did not wait to be vaccinated. “I think it will protect me a little from what might happen if I still catch the flu or COVID. It’s nothing dramatic, but we can try to have it a little less strong by being vaccinated”, she justifies.

The flu vaccination campaign is open from October 15 to January 31. For fragile people, such as people over 65 years oldTHE people with chronic illnesses or even the pregnant womenvaccination is free. It is possible to be vaccinated by your doctor, at the pharmacy or by your nurse.

“It’s good for ourselves, but also for others since this way we don’t spread infection, you have to think of others“tell Christ “If we really want to spend vacations with our children and grandchildren, we need to be protected”Rosie understood.

Masks and vitamins

“Let’s keep the habit of putting on a mask when we have a little flu, a little sick. It’s a reflex that people have more and more and I think it’s a good thing to protect others,” explains the doctor. “One of the tips is to take a little vitamin treatment. We also have products that stimulate the immune system a little,” explains Mathieu Fourtillan, who reminds us that the essential part still remains “cover yourself well” to face the capricious weather.