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Protect Your Health This Season
This Season a Flu Vaccine is More Important than Ever!
Getting a flu vaccine is more important than ever during 2020-2021 to protect yourself, your family and your community from flu. A flu vaccine this season can also help reduce the burden on our healthcare systems responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and save medical resources for care of COVID-19 patients. If you haven’t gotten your flu vaccine yet, get vaccinated now.
The more people vaccinated; the more people protected. Do your part. Get a flu vaccine this fall.
What to expect for the 2020-2021 flu season, during the COVID-19 Pandemic?
The Difference between Flu and COVID-19
What You Need to Know for 2020-21 Flu Season
Protect Yourself and Others from COVID-19
Information for Health Care Professionals 2020-2021 Flu Season
Know the Key Facts About Flu Vaccine
Learn the facts. CDC recommends everyone 6 months and older gets a flu vaccine. Find answers to common questions about flu vaccine this season.
How to Prevent Flu
CDC recommends 3 actions to prevent flu.
- Get a flu vaccine,
- Practice everyday preventive actions, and
- Take antiviral medication to treat flu if your doctor prescribes them.
This season follow these prevention actions, along with additional recommendations to prevent COVID-19.
People Who are High Risk for Flu Complications
Young children, pregnant women, people 65 years and older, and people with certain chronic health conditions are among those at high risk for flu complications.
