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You will be subject to the destination website's privacy policy when you follow the link. CDC is not responsible for Section compliance accessibility on other federal or private website. Cancel Continue. To be ready, experts recommend you get your flu vaccine now. A similar shift in the timing of a seasonal virus infection happened this summer when the US and Japan saw a spike in respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, infections in school children, Chin-Hong said. That's because students were not exposed to the virus the winter before -- when RSV infections normally occur -- and so didn't have immunity built up, which allowed the virus to spread in the summer instead.
Vaccine-makers monitor which flu strains are currently circulating and forecast which are mostly likely to become the dominant strains during the upcoming flu season. These drug manufacturers then produce a flu vaccine -- your flu shot -- using three and sometimes four of the most likely flu strains.
Combine that with the steps the US took to check the spread of COVID, and you get a number of reported flu cases in the US that seems like a typo, it is so unbelievably low: 2, flu cases reported during the flu season vs. This year, because of last year's light flu season, the vaccine-makers had less to go on to make their predictions and created a vaccine containing four likely flu strains -- called a quadrivalent flu vaccine -- to increase the chances of covering the dominant strain this year.
Tan , chief strategy officer for the Immunization Action Coalition , a nonprofit organization that works to increase vaccination rates. But like the coronavirus shots, the flu vaccine can blunt the severity of the virus if you do catch it. New starting in the fall of , the influenza vaccine is offered free of charge to everyone 6 months of age and older without contraindications.
Pharmacists can immunize people 5 years of age and older with injectable vaccines and 2 years and older with nasal spray influenza vaccine. Find answers to some of the most common questions about influenza.
Learn how serious it can be. Find out how it spreads, how long after exposure symptoms take to appear and what symptoms to look for.
Find out what you can do to prevent influenza, from vaccination, to staying home when ill, to handwashing. To learn about influenza, how to prevent it, what the symptoms are, what the home treatments are and more see Facts about Influenza the Flu HealthLinkBC File 12b. Influenza vaccines are a safe and the most effective way to help people stay healthy, prevent illness and even save lives.
To learn about influenza vaccinations, click on the links below. Hand washing is one of the best ways to keep yourself and others healthy. Regularly washing your hands can help stop the spread of germs, including the virus that causes influenza. BCCDC provides health promotion and prevention services, and diagnostic and treatment services to reduce communicable and chronic diseases, injuries and environmental health risks.
Children younger than 2, or over 65, are at higher risk of severe flu outcomes as are people who are immunocompromised or are living with a number of other health conditions including heart disease, obesity, asthma and diabetes.
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