The facts about the flu vaccine

Too many adults in upstate NY avoid the one step to be flu free.

Too many adults in upstate NY avoid the one step to be flu free.

Background Info

Only one in three upstate New York adults receives an annual flu vaccine. While not everyone who avoids the flu shot or nasal spray gets sick, there were about 16,000 confirmed cases in upstate New York last year.

Sources

Source URL
New York State Department of Health- Communicable Disease in New York State, Cases Reported in 2014.https://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/diseases/communicable/2014/docs/cases.pdf
The Facts About Vaccine-preventable diseases in upstate New York https://goo.gl/qFAy2N
Healthy People 2020https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/immunization-and-infectious-diseases/objectives
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - The Flu Seasonhttp://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/season/flu-season.htm
New York State Department of Health - Influenza Laboratory Confirmed Cases Reported to NYSDOH by Week and Type: 2014 - 15 Seasonhttps://health.data.ny.gov/Health/Influenza-Laboratory-Confirmed-Cases-Reported-to-N/7fj5-rj59
Centers for Disease Control and Prevent - Misconceptions about Seasonal Flu and Flu Vaccineshttp://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/misconceptions.htm
New York Department of Health – Influenza (Flu) Fact Sheethttps://www.health.ny.gov/diseases/communicable/influenza/fact_sheet.htm
Prevention of the Fluhttp://www.cdc.gov/flu/consumer/prevention.htm