Southeast District Health Department Urging Community Members To Get Immunized

It’s important when deciding whether or not to get the flu shot that you have the right information about the flu and the vaccine.

National Influenza Immunization Week is a great opportunity to remind people a flu vaccination is beneficial and effective, even if it’s received in December and January. During recent flu seasons, as many as 90 percent of related deaths were of people 65 and older. The CDC starts working on the flu vaccine in early winter for the following flu season. Getting the flu vaccine protects you and everyone else in your community. Its symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose, body aches, headache, fatigue, and in some cases, vomiting or diarrhea.

Wash your hands and your children’s hands frequently, especially after contact with other people. If you are sick, stay at home and give yourself time to recover. You might be sitting in Convocation Hall reading this article beside someone who can’t stop coughing, which might have you wondering: should I be getting the flu shot? “Last year we reached about around 30 per cent of people getting immunized, and we would really like to see that increase”. Most of the settlements for injuries due to the flu shot were for Guillain-Barré Syndrome, a muscle disorder caused by damage to the nervous system.

The guidelines, which were introduced in 2012, aim to help protect those at-risk of influenza. There were seven reported deaths last year; none have been reported so far this year.

“It may seem that it’s a little lower”.

“The numbers are relatively good; however, the season is not complete”, he said.

The vaccine only takes a few seconds to receive, takes around ten days to work and will help provide protection from flu for around a year.

“The FDA and the CDC, every year they access based on the most common strains – usually two common strains of the influenza A and then two common strains of influenza B – based on those common strains they develop a vaccine”, he said. We want them to think about this year’s match. Have elderly family members vaccinated as soon as the vaccine becomes available. While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned the population to get vaccinated since October, that was just the beginning. It’s also a requirement for active duty military personnel, selected reserves, and health care workers. Unlike other vaccines available in the United States, the flu vaccine is approved, produced, and distributed in a six-month time frame. The nasal spray is approved for use in people between the ages of 2 and 49 years old.