Flu shots available on PEI Oct. 11

Mayo Clinic Health System in New Prague offers the seasonal flu vaccine to help protect you and your family.

It’s possible that people who haven’t had the flu themselves underestimate its potential severity, he suggested.

About 45 percent of the population got the flu vaccine a year ago, a slight decrease from the previous season.

“One is people aren’t as protected, they think they are and they’re not, and second is it’s not helping us establish herd immunity if it’s not doing it’s job”, Cox says.

It’s also possible that parents who are more anxious about the risks of vaccination may be more likely to seek out alternative medicine providers for their kids, noted Dr. Matthew Davis, a pediatrics researcher at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.

The virus sickens millions each year and sends hundreds of thousands to the hospital.

♦ For younger children, a fun band-aid or sticker can turn the experience into a “big kid” badge of pride. “Getting the shot isn’t a guarantee that you won’t get the flu, but it does decrease your risk of the potentially serious complications that could develop due to influenza infection”. Flu symptoms typically start one to four days after the virus enters the body and last anywhere between one to two weeks.

Getting vaccinated against the flu is recommended for everyone 6 months and older.

A pharmacy can give flu shots – and Copeland’s Chandler Drugs can.

After spending a miserable week at home, I am positively pumped to get the flu shot. We can see it at any time.

Even if the weather is warm and people are getting outside and getting more fresh air, there can still be a spike in illness at this time of year, she said.

“Flu season in the United States begins as early as October and continues as late as May, with peaks between December and March”. Use alcohol-based hand sanitizer if you do not have soap. -keep your surroundings clean.

How Effective Is the Flu Shot?

And despite what you may have heard, you can not catch the flu from the vaccine.

About 20 million people and one-third of children in the USA received AstraZeneca’s FluMist past year to protect against the seasonal virus, health officials told reporters during a press conference.

Missing work due to illness also takes a financial toll on hourly employees, especially the 38 percent of working Americans who don’t have paid sick leave.