Why Get a Flu Vaccine?

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Yearly flu vaccination is the best tool currently available to protect against influenza (flu), a serious disease which sickens millions of people each year. ; The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends a yearly flu vaccination as the first and most important step in protecting against flu and its potentially serious complications. Millions of people have safely received flu vaccines for decades. Flu vaccination can reduce flu illnesses, doctors’ visits, and missed work and school due to flu, as well as prevent flu-related hospitalizations. ; Last Updated November 10, 2016 ; CS HCVG-15-FLU-108 11/10/2016 ; For more information, visit: www.cdc.gov/flu or call 1-800-CDC-INFO ; why-get-a-flu-vaccine.pdf
• Subjects:
  • Influenza, Human/prevention & control
  • Influenza Vaccines
  • Vaccination
• Series:
  Fight Flu
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/59160/cdc_59160_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 218.66 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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