Hamilton Co. Health Dept. RN Sharon Goforth stresses the importance of the flu shot in Covid times

Hamilton Co.

Health Dept.

RN Sharon Goforth stresses the importance of the flu shot in Covid times

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We got lucy's score to be knocking on the doo and sharon goforth is here with hamilton county health or help us make a little bit of sense about differentiating between the two sharon goforth good morning, how are you today i'm doing quite well and you.

A lot of people are hesitant under the best of times to get a flu vaccine is an important this year.

For those people and the rest of us to make sure that we are vaccinated quickly and promptly ... even more important this year and you're right.

A lot of people are hesitant to have tha back things done, but i on the heels of still having her bed in the united states and with the flu symptoms. mccain cove.

It done if you get your flu shot.

Do your best to check yourself against.

That's one thing off your mind, because the once again, the symptoms are pretty much exactly the same thing one thing, this pandemic is taught us is that everyone's an expert when it comes to cold and everyone's got an opinion and there's is always right, but having said that alaska is it possible for folks to get colby and the flu.

At the same is absolutely possible to get cove it and the play at the same time.

The 13 separate and distinct virus and once again you don't ever want that double whammy kind of thing going on, even the symptoms are going to be alert you still have to separate viruses attacking your body, and you that's never a good idea why you think so many people are hesitant to get flu vaccine which is been around fo decades.

I doubt you have a good answer for you because you're right it been around for decades.

We know that it works very well.

Most people have little or no side effects from the vaccine people.

I think it's still just they just don't like to get shot.

I don't know that it's necessarily they just don't like to get shot well.

Generally speaking from the financial point of least your insurance company will cover the cost of flu shot you folks at the helicopter felt hartman have clinics where you can get the shots absolutely free and if it improves your odds against getting the flu even by a littl bit.

Why wouldn't you do it.

I totally and once again, even in years when we had necessarily had a good match with the vaccine and whatever virus strains are circulating still your best bet and you and once again any improvement.

Why would you not take that improvement examines is just a shot who is in the higher risk had a worrie that definitely should get a fl vaccine ... well, we recommend six months and all of them are talking about high risk are older adult five and older.

Anyone with a chronic medical condition.

Anyone who has a heart condition line, kidney, renal, anything at all, already compromising their immune system.

We will make sure that we protect them, to the best of our ability, and that in turn not only helps protect the patient against getting blue.

I would think it also kind of stops you from passing that lou along to someone else.

That's actually correct and once again you have to live for what reason can't get flu vaccine because w know some people are allergic t some of the compound.

It please do your due diligence and make sure that you're protecting yourself so that you don't take it and see you ashley once again looking at the fibrous grades are often older chronic medical sharon very quickly when should we get the vaccine right now as soon as possible.

It's already know it.

It's the middle of september.

If you have the opportunity go ahead and do it.

If you normally wait until a bi longer.

That's okay to we recommend talking to your medical provider see what they recommend right or one of the local pharmacies.

If you have a pharmacy you normally use on top of the pharmacist in and you know that guy get is a good time for you going and going get sharon thank you very very much.

And remember sharon everyone's an expert in their opinion is always right.

Get the vaccine.

Do yourself.

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