As the holiday travel season kicks off, so does the cold and flu season. Soliant Health conducted a study analyzing which cities Americans are most likely to catch a cold or the flu while on vacation.
Researchers considered current cold and flu activity, air quality, asthma rates, allergies and germs in public transportation.
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Bakersfield, California, ranked as the top city where people are most likely to get sick. Two more Golden State cities, Fresno and San Diego, followed as illness hotspots.
New York City and Jackson, Mississippi, also rank among the top five cities in which Americans are likely to get sick.
Honolulu, Hawaii, ranked at the bottom of the illness hotspot list for Americans looking to travel to cities where they are least likely to get sick.
According to the study, Omaha, Nebraska; Boise, Idaho; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Provo, Utah, are among the five places where people are least likely to catch a cold or the flu.
Soliant Health researchers urged traveling Americans to have a plan in case they do get sick on vacation. Researchers recommended knowing where reliable health care is located in case medical treatment is necessary.
Researchers also recommended “staying vigilant,” meaning that Americans should keep up with health habits.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention listed tips for reducing the risk of getting sick. Washing hands, avoiding close contact and staying home when sick are all ways to prevent the spread of illness during this flu season.
AS MILLIONS OF AMERICANS GET SET TO TRAVEL FOR CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS, SOLIANT HEALTH, A HEALTH CARE STAFFING COMPANY, IS OUT WITH A STUDY OF AMERICA’S TOP 100 CITIES IN TERMS OF POPULATION. THE STUDY DETERMINED WHICH CITIES YOU MOST LIKELY ARE **GOING TO GET SICK** IN, WHILE ON VACATION OR VISITING, AND WHICH CITIES WHERE YOUR ARE **LEAST LIKELY** TO GET SICK..
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT CATCHING A COLD OR GETTING THE FLU.
THE CRITERIA CONSIDERED CURRENT COLD AND FLU ACTIVITY, AIR QUALITY, ASTHMA RATES, ALLERGIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION GERMS.
OF THE TOP 5 SO-CALLED **GERM HOTSPOTS, THREE ARE IN CALIFORNIA – BAKERSFIELD, FRESNO AND SAN DIEGO, IN THAT ORDER. NEW YORK CAME IN AT NUMBER FOUR AND JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, NUMBER FIVE. TOURIST HOTSPOT NEW ORLEANS ALSO MADE THE LIST AS 6TH WORST.
AS FOR PLACES WHERE YOU LIKELY WILL NOT GET SICK –
HONOLULU, HAWAII, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, BOISE, IDAHO, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA AND PROVO, UTAH ARE IN THE TOP FIVE. SUNNY SPOTS LIKE TUCSON, ARIZONA AND FORT MYERS, FLORIDA ALSO MADE THE LIST WHERE THERE IS LOW COLD AND FLU ACTIVITY AND EXCELLENT AIR QUALITY.
AND AS YOU GET READY TO TRAVEL, SOLIANT SAYS IT WOULD BE WISE TO HAVE A PLAN JUST IN CASE YOU DO GET SICK. KNOW WHERE RELIABLE HEALTH CARE IS LOCATED SO YOU CAN GET TREATMENT IF YOU GET A COLD, THE FLU OR HAVE OTHER RESPIRATORY ISSUES. FOR MORE UNBIASED UPDATES, DOWNLOAD THE STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS APP.
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