“The flu shot is NOT always about you. It's about protecting those around you, who cannot always protect themselves.” Why one nurse is urging everyone to get a flu vaccine:
Amanda Bitz writes that we shouldn’t just get vaccinated to keep ourselves healthy. Instead, it’s “for the grandparents, whose bodies are not what they used to be, and they just can't kick an illness in the butt like when they were young. For the 30 year old, with HIV or AIDS, who has a weakened immune system. For the 25-year-old mother of three who has cancer. She has absolutely zero immune system because of chemotherapy.
As of Friday afternoon, the post had been shared more than 82,000 times and had more than 1,200 comments. The agency recommends that everyone over the age of 6 months get vaccinated -- if their health allows -- and says vaccination is especially important for people with a high risk for serious complications, including young kids, adults over the age of 65, people with underlying medical conditions such as asthma, diabetes, and heart disease, and pregnant women.
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