Get Your Flu Shot, It’s National Influenza Vaccination Week!

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Washington (dbTechno) - The time to get out there and protect yourself from the flu is now as today marks the start of National Influenza Vaccination Week.
This week, events are going to take place to help raise awareness of influenza and how important it is to get a vaccine.
The Department of Health and Human Services will be working along with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as the National Influenza Vaccine Summit to promote flu shots throughout the week.
National Influenza Vaccination Week runs through December 14th, and will mark a renewed push to try and get as many people to get the flu shot as possible.
Those at highest risk for being infected with the flu are going to be targeted first.
On top of that, Families Fighting Flu as well as the CDC has called Tuesday CHildren’s Flu Vaccination Day.
Tuesday will focus on trying to get parents to get kids out there and be vaccinated against the flu.
On Thursday, it will be the seniors turn with Senior Vaccination Day, while Friday will focus on health care workers with Health-Care Worker Vaccination Day.
The idea is to promote the flu vaccine across all groups of people in the U.S.
The CDC recommends that kids aged 6 months to 18-years old get a flu shot.
On top of that, they also recommend the flu shot for people over the age of 50, pregnant women, caregivers of children, health care workers, those with certain chronic medlcal conditions, and others.