Table 2.

Family physicians’ (n = 198) opinion on preventive measures, media publicity, and how informed the general public and physicians are of influenza

Question	No. (%) of physicians who answered the question
What is the best way to prevent the pandemic influenza more effectively?*
vaccination	170 (86.1)
closing borders	5 (2.5)
local quarantine	5 (2.5)
hygienic regulations	75 (38.0)
How proportional is the media publicity to the real danger? *	l
proportional	25 (12.6)
too big	134 (67.7)
prompted by the pharmaceutical companies	42 (21.2)
too small	5 (2.5)
How informed is the Hungarian population about the danger of influenza?
sufficiently	25 (12.6)
partially	83 (41.9)
poorly	77 (38.9)
uninformed	13 (6.6)
How informed are the Hungarian family physicians’ about the danger of influenza?
sufficiently	90 (45.4)
partially	77 (38.9)
poorly	31 (15.7)
uninformed	0

*More than one answer was possible.