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This means, health officials explain, that healthy folks should hold off on their vaccine for the moment, at least until the elderly and the chronically ill are immunized. It?s not that doctors don?t understand the public?s concern: About 20,000 Americans die each year from the flu...
What are the possible side effects to the vaccine? What should people expect after getting the shot?
Even getting the flu shot doesn?t mean you won?t get the flu, doctors emphasize; the success rate for the current vaccine ranges between 70 and 90 percent. And no shot, of course, can guard against the equally nasty, far more common viruses that circulate all year round - or...
Dr. Jennifer Daly People who should definitely get vaccinated are those with asthma, heart disease, kidney disease or any other long-term health problem. Anyone with an immune defect, cancer, transplant, or HIV/AIDS should also get a shot. As should women who are pregnant and will be in their second...
We generally start vaccinating high-risk patients in October, people over 65, those with long-term illnesses. In November, we move down to people over 50 and others at lower risk. It?s important that we stagger the vaccine distribution in order to match the supply to the need.