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• CONTINUED FROM A1 Every year between 3,00048,000 people die from the flu in the U.S., he said. “It’s amazing to me that a vaccine-preventable virus can do this much damage in our country each year,” he said. Cook said each year researchers look at virus trends and select the three viruses that will be the most likely ones circulating and making people sick during flu season. The vaccine the pharmaceutical companies produce contains protection against these three strains, he said. “Most of the time the research is solid, but sometimes they are a little off. In those instances, an unanticipated strain may cause people to get sick,” said Cook, who recently had his flu vaccine, along with his wife Jill, and 8-month-old twin daughters Kennedi and Preslee. “Viruses in general are difficult to predict. They can change and mutate with little warning.” Cook said, however, he believes people don’t have a clear understanding of what the flu actually is and sometimes believe the shot just didn’t work. He said influenza is not a stomach virus. Cook said although many people say they get the flu when they have vomiting and diarrhea, that’s not really the flu — better called a “stomach virus.” Influenza is a respiratory illness. “I think what happens is that people get the flu shot not really knowing what the flu is and what they are getting protection from. They get the shot, but then get a stomach virus and say that the flu
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Cook: Flu prevention techniques matter Miami County Health Commissioner Chris Cook got his flu shot this year — but something else is on his mind this flu season besides the vaccine. “Prevention — plain, simple, tried and true,” Cook said. For Cook, encouraging people to prevent the spread of the flu is every bit as important as the vaccine. “I truly believe that we can help control this flu season with some simple prevention,” Cook said. Besides getting the flu vaccine from their clinic, the health district recommends four prevention activities: • Stay home if you are sick (make sure your fever is gone before going back out). • Cover your mouth and nose with your arm when you cough or sneeze. • Wash your hands and use hand sanitizer often. • Avoid sick people whenever possible. One of the toughest prevention activities to sell is staying home from work, school or activities if you are sick. “This is a hard one, since most of us have been raised to ‘tough it out’ if we are sick and it’s just flat out hard to miss work shot didn’t help them,” Cook said. “If you’ve ever really had influenza, I think you’d say you’d rather have a stomach virus. Influenza really, really knocks you down hard.” Cook said the Miami County Health Department is not having flu shot clinics this year, rather walk-in hours from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday-Friday for adults and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays and 8-11 a.m. Thursdays for children. He said evening clinic hours for children also are available several times a month and more information is available on the health department’s website at www.miamicountyhealth.net. Some folks are concerned about
these days,” Cook said. “But I can’t stress enough how important it is to stay home if you are sick.Your actions during flu season affect everyone else around you.” Symptoms of the flu include feeling feverish, headache, sore throat, body aches, tiredness, runny nose, and cough. If you have a mild case of the flu, most of the time you are better off to treat yourself at home. Contact your doctor if you have any of these symptoms: trouble breathing, sudden dizziness, confusion, not drinking enough fluids, bluish or gray skin color, severe vomiting or pain/pressure in the chest.You also should see a doctor if symptoms improve but then return with fever and cough. “I’ve been asked how bad I think this flu season will be,” Cook said. “I’m not sure, but I can tell you that it depends on the choices people make. If people are responsible and get vaccinated, cover their coughs and sneezes, if they wash their hands, and if they stay home when they’re sick, it will make a huge difference.” For more information about the flu, visit the health district’s website at www.miamicountyhealth.net or call 440-8105. The health district also can be found on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
receiving flu shots too early and that they won’t protect them in January, February and March. “Research continues to show that the immunity you get from a flu vaccine will last six to eight months,” Cook said. “People should get it now.” Cook said he thinks it’s a good idea to get a flu vaccine because people have busy lives they don’t want interrupted with illness, and with down economy, people can’t afford to miss work. “When you get the flu, you are down and out for a week,” Cook said. “It’s not a like a cold, and you generally can’t work or go to school through it.” Cook said the health depart-
ment can bill a wide variety of insurances for the cost of the flu shot vaccine or the nasal mist vaccine, which is $12 for those 18 and younger and $25 for the shot and $30 for the nasal mist for those 1964. For adults age 65 years old and older the new and more effective high dose flu shot vaccine is $45. Cash, check, health savings cards, Mastercard and Visa also are accepted. “You aren’t hearing a lot of fanfare about this new high dose vaccine, but it’s a great improvement for seniors,” said Cook, who said more information on the high does vaccine is available at http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/vaccine/qa_fluzone.htm.
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Troy Police accident report. The report said two Ruby Tuesday’s employees witnessed Girolamo’s vehicle, which contained a male passenger, allegedly driving over a parking lot landscape island, over an 8-to-10-foottall tree, across a grass median and into in an adjacent parking lot at Logan’s Roadhouse restaurant, 1750 W. Main St. Girolamo and the passenger fled the scene in another vehicle before police arrived. Police stopped that vehicle at West Main and Elm streets a
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few minute later, where Girolamo, who “appeared to be intoxicated,” according to the police report, declined to take a roadside sobriety test. He was taken to the Troy Police station, where he ultimately submitted to a chemical sobriety test that yielded a .156 reading — about twice the .08 legal limit. Girolamo is charged with OVI (operating a vehicle while intoxicated) and leaving the scene, both first degree misdemeanors, and failure to control, a minor misdemeanor. According to the Miami County Municipal Prosecutor’s Office, a pretrial hearing with Judge Mel Kemmer is set for Nov. 10. Girolamo has secured the services of Troy attorney Joesph Fulker. Late Tuesday, Girolamo issued a written statement to the Troy Daily News about the Sept. 25 incident in which he admits to “a serious error in judgement,” and acknowledges, “I made a mistake. It was a serious error in judgement and I will pay the consequences for what I have done.” In a phone interview Wednesday, Girolamo said he would wait for the legal process to determine guilt or innocence, but issued the statement as a way to “take responsibility for the incident.
Colin Girolamo’s statement on the Sept. 25 traffic incident “With regard to the recent charges against me, I acknowledge that I made a mistake. It was a serious error in judgement and I will pay the consequences for what I have done. This error does not reflect the person I am. This is not the person I want to be for myself. This is not who I want to be for my loved ones. And this is not the person I want to be for the city of Troy. This has not in any way diminished my enthusiasm to serve the citizens of Troy as a councilman. I am still excited to have an opportunity to win a seat on council, and I am still focused and confident that I will be able to fulfill the duties of the office I am seeking. I want to thank everyone for their continued support through this difficult time. Because of the support of my family and friends, I am enthusiastic about continuing my campaign to win an at-large seat on Troy City Council.” — Received by the Troy Daily News on Oct. 18
FROM MIAMI COUNTY MUNICIPAL COURT RECORDS City council candidate Colin Girolamo has been cited 14 times for various offenses since 2001. Of that total, six have been dismissed, three were reduced to lesser charges and twice he was found guilty of the original charge. Three charges are pending as the result of a Sept. 25 traffic accident on West Main Street. • Cited and found guilty of possession of fireworks, May 31, 2001 (possession of drug paraphernalia was dismissed) • Cited and found guilty of criminal damaging for an early morning incident May 14, 2002, at Troy High School. • Initially charged with carrying a concealed weapon as the result of a Dec. 31, 2002, traffic stop. That charge was reduced and he was found guilty of disorderly conduct. Charges of drug abuse and possession of drug paraphernalia were dismissed.
“I get that I made a mistake. I’m not a perfect person. But that’s what life is — making mistakes, learning from them and moving forward,” he said.
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• On Jan. 24, 2008, he was stopped on Foss Way in Troy and initially cited for OVI Refusal, or refusing to submit to a sobriety test. He was found guilty of an amended charge of willful and wanton operation on street or highway. A citation for operating a vehicle without reasonable control was dismissed. • In a June 26, 2002, traffic stop on Swailes Road at Quails Nest Court, charges of operating a vehicle without reasonable control and possession of fireworks ultimately were dismissed. • About 10 p.m. Sept. 25, Girolamo lost control of his vehicle in the parking lot of Ruby Tuesday’s restaurant, 1780 W. Main St., and fled the scene before police arrived. He is charged with OVI (operating a vehicle while intoxicated) and leaving the scene, both first degree misdemeanors, and failure to control, a minor misdemeanor.
Girolamo, a 2002 Troy High School graduate, said on Wednesday said the May 14, 2002, spray painting incident at Troy High School was a “senior prank.” He was one of two charged with criminal damaging for spray painting the high school, and 18 other students were charged with criminal trespassing. Girolamo said he was carrying a knife “for self defense” under the seat of his vehicle when he was stopped in Troy on Dec. 31, 2002, and maintained that it’s not unusual for motorists to carry some kind of weapon for self defense. Initially he was charged with carrying a concealed weapon, which was reduced to disorderly conduct. Girolamo, a 2007 Ohio University graduate, filed as an independent, non-partyaffiliated candidate for city council earlier this year. He
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told the Troy Daily News in an interview that he hoped to provide “a younger voice” on council, and has been a regular presence in the audience at council meetings over the past several months. He said he “absolutely” intends to continue with his council candidacy on the Nov. 8 ballot, and will participate in the Oct, 27 Meet the Candidates night. “Most of those incidents happened several years ago. I’m not the person today that I was when I was in high school. I’m more mature and try to make wiser choices,” Girolamo said Wednesday. In response to how his past incidents may affect his candidacy, Girolamo said, “I really hope it doesn’t affect my candidacy negatively.” He said he hopes to “focus on the bigger issues facing the city,” such as the lack of downtown parking and “where and how should we develop. “For the most part, the city is on the right track. City council has been making good decisions. I just hope to continue the great tradition of city leadership,” he said.
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