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Seasonal Flu

Florida Department of Health in Volusia County Immunizations

Keep vaccine between your family and disease

To protect against the seasonal flu, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest everyone age six months or older get a flu vaccine every year.

The Florida Department of Health encourages citizens to contact their health care provider, local health department or pharmacy to get vaccinated against the flu as soon as possible. Once vaccinated, it takes about two weeks to offer protection.

Getting the flu shot each year is important.  

Flu vaccination can reduce flu illnesses as well as make symptoms less severe and reduce flu-related hospitalizations and deaths.  Getting vaccinated yourself may also protect people around you, including those who are more vulnerable to seious flu illness, like babies and young children, older people and people with certain chronic health conditions.

Everyone six (6) months and older should get a flu vaccine every season.  Annual flu shots are particularly important for people at high risk for complications from the flu including:

  • people age 65 and older
  • pregnant women
  • infants over six months of age
  • people with weakened immune systems or long-term health problems (such as asthma, diabetes, or kidney disease)

DOH-Volusia also recommends pneumonia shots for people over 65 years of age or anyone with a chronic illness or weakened immune system. This shot will help protect against pneumonia - a serious complication of the flu.

For more information on the flu, visit Power to Protect.