General information community organizations and human service providers
Employers, schools, and day care centers should not require a doctor's note for workers, students, or children who are ill with flu or flu-like illness to validate their illness before returning to work, school, or child care. Doctors' offices will be extremely busy caring for ill persons and vaccinating their patients.
Business Not As Usual is a 20-minute planning video for the public and employers of all types (business, government, community-based organizations, schools, etc.) Watch the streaming video for practical planning tips you can do NOW.
Stop Germs, Stay Healthy! is a public education campaign that encourages and supports healthy behaviors that are effective in limiting the spread of respiratory illnesses such as colds and influenza. Visit the link above to download colorful posters in multiple languages or order free hard copies (for King County, WA State street addresses only.)
