Where is the epidemic?
On January 9, the alert code was raised to code orange. Schools received a circular on January 16, 2025 advising them to adopt precautionary measures. “We have not yet reached the peak of the epidemic, but we are approaching it,” notes Dr. Senterre. We should be there in two weeks.”
Operations must be canceled in hospitals overloaded by the flu
And therefore, given the massive presence of the virus, according to him “if you have a flu syndrome, so temperature, nose that touches, cough sore all over, it is most likely a flu virus. Other viruses are circulating, but this is the majority.“
“If unfortunately, we have no choice but to go to vulnerable people, we must take basic hygiene measures: wash our hands regularly and put on a surgical-type mask to possibly go see the people we would be obliged to go and see while maintaining social distancing, as we did for Covid, and regularly ventilating the rooms because we know that it is a risk factor not to ventilate your rooms and sneeze into your elbow rather than in his hands.“
How do we treat it?
“No antibiotics to treat the flu“, reminds the doctor.”The acute episode lasts 5 days, then you continue to cough and spit for a good ten days afterwards. The symptoms can sometimes last for a relatively long time, and this is generally not due to a bacterial superinfection, so there is no point in giving antibiotics..”
At home, we treat the symptoms – fever, cough, runny nose. “In the hospital, there is a medicine, Tamiflu, which is given to elderly people, but under very strict conditions. They must be administered quickly to prevent it from degenerating into more serious forms..”
