Flu Shots Points to Ponder
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at 1:00PM "Starting in 2013 visitors to health care facilities and other patient care locations will be expected to wear a mask if they did not get an influenza vaccine. Such visitors will be eligible to receive the vaccine for free."
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Flu Shot Clinic on Thetis Island November 5th.
The Trivalent Influenza Vaccine for the Northern Hemisphere for the 2014/2015 season contains:
A/California /7/2009 (H1N1) pdm09-like virus, A/Texas/50/2012(H3N2)-like virus and B/Massachusetts/2/2012-like virus. The A/Texas/50/2012 (H3N2)-like virus is new for the 2014/2015 season while the other two strains are unchanged from the 2013/2014 season.
'Flu season historically commences late October. If you enjoy charts and statistics, the BC Centre for Disease Control publishes weekly updates on influenza occurrences in the province, click here to view.
Jeannine Caldbeck
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