Nicola,

I've cc'd Kari Sapsis on this, who's led CDC's flu campaign and is now
leading the adolescent vaccine campaign. She may have some thoughts on
this.

 

Allison

 

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From: healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Davies, Nicola
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 1:24 PM
To: The Health and Literacy Discussion List
Subject: [HealthLiteracy 1584] Changing Snippets

 

Hi Everyone, 

As flu season is here, I was wondering whether any of you have heard
about initiatives referring to the flu as "influenza" because people are
confusing the word 'flu' with 'stomach flu' because 'stomach flu' is a
bit of a misnomer?

 

Somebody in our health region asked me about this, and I have to admit,
I have never heard of this before. Is this something new? Do any of you
know anything about anything similar??

 

I am tempted to say that we refer to the vaccine as a "flu shot", not an
"influenza shot", and lots of government information refers to it as
"flu".

 

Does anybody have any thoughts about this?

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