National Influenza Vaccination Week
December 6-12, 2020 is National Influenza Vaccination Week, reminding everyone 6 months and older that it’s not too late to get a flu vaccine. We hope you will join us this year as we encourage everyone to protect themselves and their loved ones from flu this season. You can also learn more about how to fight flu.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) remind everyone that it is not too late to get your flu vaccine since influenza activity can occur as late as May.
Everyone six months of age and older is recommended to receive a yearly flu vaccine. Receiving a flu vaccine this year is especially important to help prevent a severe flu season during the COVID-19 pandemic. Getting a flu vaccine will not protect against COVID-19: however, the vaccine can reduce flu illnesses, hospitalizations, and can help to conserve potentially scarce healthcare resources during the pandemic.
Some people are at high risk for developing serious complications if they get sick with flu.
Those at high-risk include:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) remind everyone that it is not too late to get your flu vaccine since influenza activity can occur as late as May.
Everyone six months of age and older is recommended to receive a yearly flu vaccine. Receiving a flu vaccine this year is especially important to help prevent a severe flu season during the COVID-19 pandemic. Getting a flu vaccine will not protect against COVID-19: however, the vaccine can reduce flu illnesses, hospitalizations, and can help to conserve potentially scarce healthcare resources during the pandemic.
Some people are at high risk for developing serious complications if they get sick with flu.
Those at high-risk include:
- children younger than 5 years
- people 65 years of age and older
- pregnant women
- people with certain long-term medical conditions (such as asthma, diabetes, heart disease, neurological and neurodevelopmental conditions, blood disorders, morbid obesity, kidney and liver disorders, HIV or AIDS, and cancer).