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Getting my Flu shot

Why vaccinate adults against influenza?

• Depending on the severity of circulating strains, the flu kills between 3,000 and 49,000 Americans annually.
• Influenza can cause serious complications in people with a variety of chronic illnesses, including asthma, diabetes, heart disease, and immunosuppression.
• As many as one in five Americans get influenza each year, and while the virus can be mild in some years, it can be very severe in others, causing debilitating illness and death even in previously healthy people. 
• Direct medical costs of a moderately severe seasonal influenza outbreak average more than $10 billion.

Which adults need influenza vaccine?

• All adults need influenza vaccine every year.
• You can get the vaccine as soon as it becomes available in your area or anytime during the influenza season.
• Adults with certain health conditions including heart disease, asthma, diabetes, a liver or kidney disorder, or a weakened immune system are at especially high-risk for influenza and its complications. In most cases, they should also be vaccinated for pneumococcal disease.

Read more... at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases.

Why vaccinate adults against influenza?

• Depending on the severity of circulating strains, the flu kills between 3,000 and 49,000 Americans annually.
• Influenza can cause serious complications in people with a variety of chronic illnesses, including asthma, diabetes, heart disease, and immunosuppression.
• As many as one in five Americans get influenza each year, and while the virus can be mild in some years, it can be very severe in others, causing debilitating illness and death even in previously healthy people. 
• Direct medical costs of a moderately severe seasonal influenza outbreak average more than $10 billion.

Which adults need influenza vaccine?

• All adults need influenza vaccine every year.
• You can get the vaccine as soon as it becomes available in your area or anytime during the influenza season.
• Adults with certain health conditions including heart disease, asthma, diabetes, a liver or kidney disorder, or a weakened immune system are at especially high-risk for influenza and its complications. In most cases, they should also be vaccinated for pneumococcal disease.

- See more at: http://www.adultvaccination.org/vpd/influenza#sthash.BKrRSbHU.dpuf