“If you have pain and fever take medication for pain and fever and the symptoms should go away, a patient should recover fully from it”, said Dr. Samuel Williams, the Acting Medical Officer of Health. Flu vaccinations also may make your illness milder if you do get sick.
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Patricia Schnabel Ruppert has announced the latest round of flu vaccine clinics, scheduled for Friday, November 20, 2015 and Friday, December 4, 2015 from 1 – 4 p.m.at the Rockland County Department of Health, Building D, 1st Floor, Nurses’ Conference Room, Room 130, located at 50 Sanatorium Road in Pomona. The clinics will provide flu vaccines at reduced or no cost for uninsured/underinsured adults, as well as children through 18 years of age who are uninsured, underinsured, Medicaid eligible, or American Indian or Alaska Native. A parent/legal guardian must accompany children who are receiving the flu vaccination.
Those at risk of severe illness and death, according to Public Health England, include the elderly, the very young, pregnant women and those with underlying diseases – in particular, cardiac and chronic respiratory disease.
In a typical flu season, flu complications send more than 200,000 people to the hospital.
Get your annual flu shot and increase your odds of wellness!
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Medicare Part B will pay for the flu vaccine. For more information about the flu and the flu vaccine clinics visit rocklandgov.com/health or call 845-364 – 2520.
