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The seasonal flu vaccine is being offered to anyone 3 years
and older who wants to protect themselves from the seasonal flu.
People who should get a seasonal flu
vaccination each year:
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Children from age 6
months up to their 19th birthday.
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Pregnant women.
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People 50 years of
age and older.
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People of any age
with certain chronic medical conditions.
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People who live in
nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.
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People who live
with or care for those at high risk for complications from flu,
including:
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Health care
workers.
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Household contacts
of people at high risk for complications from the flu.
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Household contacts and caregivers of
children less than 5 years of age, with particular emphasis on
vaccinating contacts of children less than 6 months of age
(these children are at higher risk of flu-related
complications).
The 2009 H1N1 flu vaccine continues to be available only
to:
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Pregnant women with
a doctor's order.
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People who live
with or care for children younger than 6 months of age.
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Health care and
emergency medical services personnel with direct patient
contact.
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Children 6 months
through 24 years of age.
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Individuals 25 through 64 years old
with an underlying health condition, excluding hypertension.
The seasonal and H1N1 flu vaccine may be obtained during walk-in
clinic hours Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. Both the
seasonal and H1N1 vaccines will also be available on the HOPE Mobile
during its regularly scheduled stops.
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To help reduce the spread of influenza, remember the three "C's":
your
hands frequently with warm soap and water or an alcohol-based
hand gel.
COVER your
cough or sneeze with a tissue or use your elbow, not your hands.
CONTAIN your germs by staying home
when sick until your fever is gone without the use of
fever-reducing medications.
For more information, visit
www.flu.gov and www.lcdph.org
or call the Logan County Department of Public Health at
217-735-2317.
[Text from file received from
the
Logan County Department
of Public Health]
The weekly "flu facts" are sponsored by
the Logan County Department of Public Health and the Pandemic
Influenza Community Coalition.
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