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Kelly M. Pyrek has served as editor in chief of Infection Control Today magazine for the past seven years, and manages a number of ICT-affiliated print and online offerings, including the Infection Control Education Institute, the ICT Conference on Professional Development, the ICT Series of Webinars, and GermStop. Recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists as an award-winning practitioner, she has served as an editorial manager, editor, and writer for newspapers, magazines, wire services, and public information bureaus for 25 years. She is a graduate of the Universityof Southern California.

It’s a Small (Contagious) World After All!

November 4, 2009 Comments

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Just when you thought that nothing could ruin the “happiest place on Earth,” it looks like swine flu fears have invaded Disney World and similar theme parks. Seen as potential petri dishes for the H1N1 influenza virus, attractions and other places where huge numbers of people interact are causing some to rethink their visits.

Times writer Michelle Higgins says, “Theme park officials acknowledge the fears of some people about visiting a crowded place like a theme park but say that measures they have put in place to fight the spread of the H1N1 virus meet or exceed the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For Disney, those measures include ordering more than 200,000 individual hand sanitizers for Disney World and placing them in various locations throughout its parks, offering free seasonal flu vaccinations to employees (referred to as cast members within Disney), providing H1N1 information and flu prevention tips to workers and maintaining high sanitation standards.”

Check out this article from The New York Times by clicking HERE.