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It's Back To School and Flu is around the corner!
This Labor Day weekend please be safe and limit your exposures!
We will be closed on Monday so please message Dr. Vivi for any urgent concerns.
We now have preservative free flu vaccine for our pediatric patients.
Please let us know if you plan to bring your child in for the vaccine.
By the end of next week we will be able to estimate if we will have extra vaccines for parents.
The vaccine lasts 6-9 months.
Flu season starts in October.
Influenza immunity takes 2-3 weeks after inoculation.
Influenza activity often begins to increase in October and peaks between December and February, although activity can last as late as May. During a 36-year period, flu activity most often peaked in February (15 seasons), followed by December (7 seasons), January (6 seasons) and March (6 seasons). Read More at https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/index.html

Influenza is the most frequent cause of death from a vaccine-preventable disease in the United States. In a study of influenza seasons from 1976–1977 through 2006–2007, the estimated number of annual influenza-associated deaths from respiratory and circulatory causes ranged from a low of 3,349 (1985–1986 season) to a high of 48,614 (2003–2004 season), with an average of 23,607 influenza-associated deaths. In addition to fatalities, seasonal influenza is also responsible for more than 200,000 hospitalizations per year. Rates of infection from seasonal influenza are highest among children, but the risks for complications, hospitalizations, and deaths are higher among adults ages 65 years and older, children younger than 5 years, and people of any age who have medical conditions that place them at increased risk for complications from influenza. Read more at https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/index.html