Flu Vaccination

Getting your flu shot every fall is important to keep yourself and your family well.  The flu season is expected to bounce back stronger than usual this fall and winter. This is because people will probably gather together more than they have done for the last two years. It is expected that flu season will start earlier than usual and will affect more people than it usually does. This was already seen in the Southern Hemisphere (Like Australia), since their fall and winter occur in different months than ours. 

The more people who get sick this year from the flu, the more stress it will put on our community’s essential services. When people are sick and cannot work, it affects everything from having enough staff for clinics, childcare centres, gas stations and grocery stores.  

When many people get sick with the flu, it also increases the risk to the people who are most vulnerable, who may need to be hospitalized or medivac-ed with severe symptoms. Getting a flu vaccine is one of the best ways to protect yourself and those around you from getting sick.