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.
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.
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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 2020 | https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/immunization-and-infectious-diseases/objectives |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - The Flu Season | http://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 Season | https://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 Vaccines | http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/misconceptions.htm |
New York Department of Health – Influenza (Flu) Fact Sheet | https://www.health.ny.gov/diseases/communicable/influenza/fact_sheet.htm |
Prevention of the Flu | http://www.cdc.gov/flu/consumer/prevention.htm |