Flu shot clinics are coming up soon in our area.  Immunize Canada reminds you it’s important to get your flu shot with the Director of Infection Control and Prevention at Mount Sinai Hospital Allison McGeer telling us the flu is a subtle enemy.  She says you think that you’re just going to feel miserable for a day or two and then get better but flu infects so many people that even the relatively small number that get complications mean that influenza is a really important cause of both hospitalization and death in Canada.  She explains you’re getting your flu shot for two reasons.  The first is to protect yourself from serious illness but the second important thing about getting a flu shot is that when you get it you also protect the people around you so if you know children under the age of one or people who have cancer or other serious diseases and if you spend time with them in the winter you can help protect them from the flu by getting a flu shot.

The National Advisory Committee on Immunization recommends that all Canadians six months of age and older and people at high risk receive the influenza vaccine.  Stay tuned to 102.9 CFAR for dates of flu clinics in our area.