State health officials are desperately ramping up flu vaccination efforts, hoping to prevent health care systems already taxed by Covid-19 from being overrun by the rapidly approaching influenza season.
But it will largely be left to state health officials — still consumed with the coronavirus pandemic — to marshal limited resources to help persuade a crisis-fatigued public to overcome their apathy to the flu shot. Fewer than 50 percent of adults opt to get vaccinated in a typical season, a rate that CDC Director Robert Redfield hopes to elevate to 65 percent during this once-in-a-lifetime health crisis.
Michigan for the first time ever purchased flu vaccines for poor residents and is running television ads encouraging people to get flu shots, spending $3 million in federal funds on a campaign that also includes social media outreach. Vermont’s health department is working with long-term care facilities and prisons to ensure people at particularly heightened risk of Covid-19 get flu shots. After squashing the nation’s most devastating coronavirus outbreak, New York City is embarking on a $4.
Young adults, who’ve emerged as major spreaders of Covid-19 this summer and as schools reopen, were the least likely of any age group to get flu shots last year, according to aThere are some encouraging signs, however, that this year’s flu season may be mild. New Zealand, which has immunization rates similar to the U.S.,this year for the flu vaccine — and it’s seen lower levels of infection, along with other Southern Hemisphere countries who’ve gone through flu season.
With millions of people losing their jobs and health insurance during the pandemic, health officials said they’re buying up more flu vaccine than ever. Arizona's Maricopa County, home to Phoenix, has used $7 million in stimulus funding from the CARES Act to purchase eight times the normal share of vaccine and raise awareness.
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Why? Helps from getting Covid?
This is required for all children of military members attending DoDEA schools around the world. They must have proof of flu shot or medical exemption on record.
Disgusting. Keep falling for it, parents. 🤦♀️ Next up, a barely tested and rushed covid vaccine being shot up into your children. Will it cause loss of fertility? Cancer? Seizures? Death?
How could anyone be apathetic about this? Flu plus COVID is a death sentence!
There is evidence that getting a flu shot makes you MORE likely to get The virus! Whatever happened to my body, my choice
I just got my flu shot Friday. I didn't want to possibly get Flu and Covid.
Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826) If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny.
Fuck the pharma industry and if you think they actual help you clearly have not seriously learned about their history.
Smart move.
It’s Just a Mask
and here we go.
A lot of daycares require flu shots for babies and toddlers, as well as their employees.
Lying commence
This helps with the fudging of covid19 numbers and can help justify why the FLU just disappeared while the country was simultaneously was locked down. In other words, tests were likely intentionally substituted as Covid diagnosis in place of the FLU.
Those complaining about this-are you also against the other vaccines required to attend school? How many are straight anti-vaxx?
Parents who don’t want to get their kids a flu shot always have the option of homeschooling. Not remote, the real deal where you are 100% responsible for everything.
Good. Every state should follow suit.
F them
How can this be legal! I raised 3 kids and not 1 of them has ever had the flu so why would I give my kids something they don't need!
Flu shots are garbage and this mandate is BS.
Cuz of Bill gates and windmills and low pressure in trumps toilet. Gtf outta here
DOD study showed flu vax increased risk of contracting coronavirus' by 36%.
Why not? Each state is a little different, but they require all these in N.C.
Make me proud of MA
Disturbing
COVID-19 non comorbidity deaths are 9.6k... (6% of current death toll).
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That's totally bull shit my kid wouldn't be going then the last time my daughter got a flue shot she ended up in the picu. Fuck no
Good. If you're crazy you don't get to let your unvaccinated kid infect the whole class.
REQUIRED Massachusetts!!! Has your kid been injected yet? It’s 1831H PDT here in California...
Take the shot Eat the bugs Live in the pod
gl w/ that bat soup hysteria is over
Nope
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