date:Sep 28, 2018
others who are more vulnerable at risk.
Getting the flu shot isn't just about keeping you safe and healthy, getting the flu shot is about community, Adams said. Those 80,000 people who died last year from the flu guess what? They got the flu from someone. Someone passed it along to them.
Officials acknowledged concerns about how effective the vaccine is in protecting people from influenza. The effectiveness of last year's shot was thought to be particularly low, and the CDC reports it was abo