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The Importance Of Ear Outbreak
Today was a very busy day until we finally got a much-needed break at lunch time. Walk in clinic is always that way since flu season has picked up. There are so many cases of the flu, but now it seems to be combined with strep throat more often than not in the past couple of weeks. I have noticed, even the patients that have been scheduled for appointments months prior, show up for their visit sick. When we ask how they may have been exposed to the flu, they tell us it has been going around their work place or home. Everyone needs to be seen as soon as symptoms appear in my opinion. This will help slow down the infection rate and contain the virus sooner. I was allowed to witness an ear irrigation today, but was unable to participate. What

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