Thursday, October 20, 2011

Time to get your flu vaccine


Don’t wait until flu is circulating – protect yourself now . From 3rd October, GPs will be seeing millions of people in at risk groups to have their flu vaccine. Last year over 600 people died from flu and the majority were in clinical at risk groups. People who are in the clinical at risk group are 11 times more likely to die if they get flu than a “healthy” person. The flu vaccine is free to everyone in these groups and is also offered free of charge to people aged 65 years and over; also to the main carer of an older or disabled person. read the full article

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