She was a model of selfless devotion to duty. As such she was very much part of the stable backdrop to one’s life – always present always reliable and always a reassuring aspect of British life. is winter – it looks like the experts might be right.It is extraordinary to me that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was on the throne for as long as I have lived. Judging from this year’s case counts from the Southern Hemisphere – where summer in the U.S. Flu cases plummeted during the pandemic thanks to masks, social distancing and other precautions, leading to less exposure and less natural immunity. So I’ve always recommended people get their flu vaccine sometime in late October.”Įxperts are encouraging people to get the flu vaccine as the upcoming season is expected to be rough. So if you’re getting a flu shot now in early September, you can’t expect it to be that effective at the tail end of the flu season. “Traditionally, it peaked around February. “If you get it too early, there’s clear evidence that it wanes off by the end of the season,” Amesh Adalja, senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, told The Hill. If you aren’t worried about forgetting to get the shot entirely and don’t mind making a second trip, experts agree there is some benefit to delaying the flu shot. Some people, however, wonder if rushing out to get the flu shot in September might leave them with their vaccine-boost fading during late winter months. “What do I mean by that? If one does want to put off getting the influenza vaccine and wait towards the latter part of October first part of November, that’s a good strategy for people we’re not seeing that much influenza yet … but you’ve got to be able to rely on yourself, you got to to remember to go in and actually get the influenza vaccine.” Jeffrey Kopin, Chief Medical Officer for Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital, told Nexstar’s WGN Radio.
“ It depends on how reliable you find yourself to be,” Dr. With COVID already spreading and peak flu season still months away, some people may choose to wait on the flu vaccine. At the same time, many Americans are also making plans to strengthen their defenses against COVID-19 with the omicron-specific booster, but should they be taken at the same time?Įxperts say there’s no danger in taking them simultaneously.
(NEXSTAR) – Judging from how the flu has roared back in Australia and other countries south of the Equator, experts are predicting a particularly nasty season for the U.S.
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