What are three important public health tools for addressing a flu outbreak

These three important health tools would be vaccination, prevention and treatment. 

A yearly flu vaccination can reduce your chances of contracting flu, or reduce the severity of the illness. A vaccination is required yearly as the flu virus mutates rapidly.

There are various preventative measures one can take, including washing your hands often and covering your coughs and sneezes. Also, stay at home during the most contagious stage of flu.

Finally, treatment of flu can minimise the impact of flu. Although there is no antidote for flu, there are various measures one can take to minimise the effects. These include rest, hydration and taking an antibiotic to treat secondary bacterial infections.  

During outbreak accessibility of the medical equipments should be given. Medicines and Sanitation must be given importance. Information on how people can protect themselves must be disseminated. there should be enough medical supplies in the area as well as adequate number of health care personnel. Prevention such as vaccination can also be given however those with disease must be isolated from the public to avoid further dissemination of the disease.

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