Page 10A,The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, February 20, 2019
The Number of Flu Cases in Southwest Georgia Increases
Special to the Ledger
More people in south
west Georgia are con
tracting the flu. During
the week ending Feb. 10,
the lab at Phoebe Putney
Memorial Flospital
confirmed 38 flu cases,
by far the highest weekly
total so far this flu sea
son. In fact, the number
of positive tests over the
last three weeks exceeds
the combined total of the
previous 17 weeks of the
2018-2019 flu season.
“It is not uncommon
to see an increase in
flu activity in February.
While flu season can ex
tend well into spring, it
often peaks in February.
It is especially important
right now for southwest
Georgians to try to
minimize the spread of
the illness by practicing
proper hand hygiene,
coughing and sneez
ing into their elbows,
seeking treatment at the
onset of flu symptoms
and avoiding contact
with others as much as
possible until they are
free of fever for at least
24 hours,” said Steven
Kitchen, MD, Phoebe
Chief Medical Officer.
According to the Cen
ters for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC),
flu activity remains high
in Georgia, and cases
are increasing through
out our region. “We have
already confirmed 80 flu
cases at Phoebe Sumter
in February, compared
to 60 during the entire
month of January,” said
Brandi Lunneborg,
Phoebe Sumter CEO.
“We want people to
know it’s not too late to
get a flu shot to protect
themselves and their
families, and the vaccine
remains the best preven
tion method.”
So far, this flu season
has not been as severe as
last season. Last year, flu
cases in Georgia spiked
throughout the month of
January before peak
ing in early February.
“It’s too early to predict
when this flu season will
peak. We simply want
people to be aware that
flu activity has increased
significantly in the last
few weeks, and we
encourage them to do all
they can to avoid the ill
ness,” said Dr. Kitchen.
Flu season visitation
restrictions remain in ef
fect at all Phoebe hospi
tals. Children under age
18 should not visit the
hospital, and patient visi
tors should be limited to
those assisting with the
care of the patient. Learn
more about Phoebe’s
visitation policy and
ways to prevent the flu at
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ter and a schoolteacher.
At a young age she
followed the town doc
tor around as he made
house calls in his horse
and buggy. “He would
answer all my questions,
and when I said, when I
grow up I want to be a
doctor just like you, he
said, ‘Millie, if you want
to do that, just go right
ahead.’” And she did.
“Millie” graduated
from high school at age
15, pursued a bachelor’s
degree, then a master’s
degree in biology. She
then enrolled to become
the first black woman to
graduate from Harvard
Medical School in 1951.
Dr. Jefferson was the
first woman to graduate
in surgery from Harvard,
and the first to become
a member of the Boston
Surgical Society. By
1984, she was a general
surgeon at Boston Uni
versity Medical Center
and a professor of sur
gery at Boston Univer
sity School of Medicine.
It was her dedication to
the Hippocratic oath that
rooted her as one of the
most prominent voices
against abortion. Her
interest in pro-life issues
was triggered when
she was asked to sign a
petition concerning the
AMA support of liberal
abortion laws.
“I became a physician
in order to save lives,
not to destroy them.
My earnest effort is to
uphold medicine as a . .
. sacred profession. The
Hippocratic tradition
infused with the Judeo-
Christian sanctity of
life ethic requires that
a doctor demands of
oneself a high standard
of moral commitment. . .
[The 1973 U.S. Supreme
Court case Roe v. Wade]
gave my profession an
almost unlimited license
to kill.”
Viewing abortion as a
threat to her profession
and her race, Dr. Jeffer
son helped to found the
Massachusetts Citizens
for Life,
then the Na
tional Right
to Life
Committee,
serving as
its president
for several
terms. She
worked to
promote
pro-life
political
candidates
into public
office. Her
clear, learned, articulate,
and passionate public
speaking and televised
arguments influenced
several politicians, in
cluding California Gov
ernor Ronald Reagan.
In a private letter to her,
future President Reagan
wrote,” You have made
it irrefutably clear that
an abortion is the taking
of a human life, I am
grateful to you.”
In her own words: “It
is unconscionably unfair
that the victim selected
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Special to the Ledger
Kristina Pitzel of
Leesburg was named to
the Tallahassee Commu
nity College Fall 2018
Dean’s List.
Pitzel was among
nearly 1,500 students
named to the Dean’s
pendable life is the most
defenseless member of
the human family - the
unborn child, who can
not escape, cannot riot
in the streets, and cannot
vote. As a woman I am
ashamed that the voices
raised loudest in their
demand
to destroy
the unborn
child are
women,
blinded by
an all-
absorbing
selfishness.”
An in
dependent
thinker, a
proponent
of self-
reliance
and educa
tion, and known for her
warmth and manners,
she spent her latter years
traveling and promot
ing pro-life causes. She
received 28 honorary
degrees, including the
“Holy Cross” award
alongside fellow grantee,
Mother Theresa of In
dia. A surgeon, scholar,
and speaker, Dr. Jeffer
son gave a voice to the
most vulnerable of our
society.
Gail Drake practices
probate, mediation and
children’s law in Lee
County, Georgia.
List. To qualify, students
must earn a semester
grade point average of
3.5 or higher.
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