“New York youth soccer club bans high fives
and handshakes amid growing flu scare”
In recent weeks, a
growing flu epidemic in New York has alarmed the city. Nearly 20,000 flu cases
were reported by Monday, almost 5 times as many that was reported for all of last
year. So in light of that, the soccer clubs of New York have put a “ban” on
soccer players high-fiving and shaking hands after the game. They initiated
this ban so as to stop or hinder the spreading of flu germs. There is no set
time for how long this “ban” is going to last.
Severe as this ban
seems, there are many supporters of it. I think this move by New York’s soccer
association is a very smart, and shows their care of the health of their young
citizens.
I’m glad they are making an effort to keep their people safe, but I
wonder if this whole thing could have been avoided if there was a mandated flu
shot for everyone, not just in New York. With this I think the amount of flu
cases would be substantially lower.
The influenza virus is extremely unpredictable so I think everyone needs
to be protected, so I am glad that New York is at least taking precaution with
it and taking steps to improve their public health as a whole.
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