Importance of Vaccination for
Influenza 2020
By Dr. Ann Rudinger
(Editor’s note- Dr. Rudinger is the wife of Ed Blazek, Class of BSHS ’72)
With all the attention given to COVID-19, it is easy to overlook a basic health care step- the annual FLU SHOT.
I have heard many people express reluctance to get a shot, saying,
“It will give me the flu”, or “I got the flu after the last one”, or “Someone I know got very ill after getting it”.
I thought I would share a few basic flu shot facts.
-Every year, 20-50 MILLION people get the flu in this country.
-Every year, 30-50,000 people DIE from the flu.
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