January 16, 2014
Spokane’s flu numbers are on the rise. 135 influenza hospitalizations have been reported in Spokane County according to the Spokane Regional Health District.
There is still time to protect you and your family from the flu! CHAS offers flu vaccines to everyone. That’s right – you don’t have to be a patient to walk-in to a clinic and receive a flu shot.
Additionally, many people qualify for a free flu vaccine and don’t even realize it! See below chart on income qualifications for free flu vaccines:
Getting the flu is no fun; protect yourself and the people you love. Get vaccinated today!
Flu Facts:
- Most healthy adults may be able to infect others beginning 1 day before symptoms develop and up to 5 to 7 days after becoming sick.
- The influenza virus is one of the most changeable of viruses. Changes may be small and continuous or large and abrupt.
- Influenza Type A is divided into subtypes that can be found worldwide and include H1N1, H1N2, and H3N2 viruses.
- Influenza Type B outbreaks can also cause epidemics, but the illness it produces is usually milder than Type A.
- Influenza Type C flu viruses are not thought to cause a large epidemic and generally cause only mild respiratory infections.
- http://www.flufacts.com/treat/relieving-symptoms.jsp
- http://www.cdc.gov/flu/keyfacts.htm
