“If you’re over the age of 65 and the high dose is available, that would be the recommended dose for you. If it’s not available, then still take the standard flu dose, because it’s still more important to receive your flu vaccine than to hold out for the high dose, hoping it becomes available,” she says.
Flu season is almost here and officials with the South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) want to make sure you and your family are prepared.
State health officials say the best way to protect yourself and those you love against the flu, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is to get vaccinated.
Get that flu shot. Some pharmacies are urging people to schedule their flu vaccines now before the Fall begins
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is asking residents to get their annual flu shot if they haven’t done so already in recognition of National Influenza Vaccination Week Dec. 5-9.
Americans are being advised to get a Covid-19 booster shot before Thanksgiving.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continue to encourage everyone to get your flu shot, and take precautions against respiratory illnesses like Respiratory Syncytial Virus, or RSV.
Officials from South Carolina DHEC and Prisma Health are encouraging everyone to get the flu shot as soon as possible. “We’ve definitely seen a dramatic jump in the number of flu cases this year than any recent flu season. So in the last 8 years, we never really started above the baseline level of flu illnesses, and we’re already above that baseline here in the very first week of flu season,” says Dr. Knoche.
Public healthcare experts are warning nations across the globe to prepare for a future flu pandemic.
U.S. health officials are urging Americans to get a flu shot, fearing a wave of severe illness from flu could be devastating.
Officials with DHEC say getting the flu shot this year is of the utmost importance.
