For Julianna

For Jordan trip: Vitamin C, Zinc , Airborne, Zicam cold and flu, and can of Lysol! OMG. Just try not to breath too much in crowded places. Start taking vitamins NOW!!!!
(Reason not to go out of the apartment!!!!!!!!!!!!!)


Kingdom in grip of flu epidemic, doctors say

By Hugh Naylor
AMMAN — The availability of influenza vaccinations has failed to keep pace with demand this year as the Kingdom experiences one of its worst flu epidemics in recent memory, according to physicians.
The dearth of vaccines, they say, occurred this October and early November and was largely a result of a surge in demand by citizens.
Minister of Health Saad Kharabsheh referred to the influenza situation in the country as an “epidemic,” with a conspicuously larger number of people falling ill.
The symptoms of this year’s strain, which are lasting longer than usual and are more intense, include a sore throat, achy joints, fever, and an unusual occurrence of “temporary asthma-like side effects.”
Dr. Ahmad Irani, an internist in Amman, said he has treated three times the number of flu stricken patients this year. “My patients say this is the worst flu they have had in their lives.”
Doctors have also confirmed that employees are taking as many as six to seven days off work because of the intensity of the virus