What month is the best time? Also, are they planning on making a separate vaccine for the swine flu, or putting the regular flu shot with the swine flu shot?
April 24, 2010
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What month is the best time? Also, are they planning on making a separate vaccine for the swine flu, or putting the regular flu shot with the swine flu shot?
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The best time to get the flu shot is either late September or early October, right before the flu season begins.
The vaccination for the swine flu will be offered independently from the regular flu shot because if administered together, it could increase the chances of you catching the flu.
Comment by Eric K — April 24, 2010 @ 7:52 pm
Visit http://www.cdc.gov for all the most current information about H1N1.
Last I heard, there was going to be a separate H1N1 vaccine. Vaccines take time to grow in a lab, so they’re not able to make enough to vaccinate everyone this year. They’ll have enough for certain priority populations, which again you can read about on the CDC website.
For the other part of your question, the best time to get a vaccine is in the late fall to early winter, which is before the real flu season. By that time, the latest vaccine should be available. You want to get it a good 4-6 weeks before flu season hits, to make sure you’ve built up immunity in time.
Comment by ScorpioRising75 — April 24, 2010 @ 8:32 pm
Don’t do it at all. It is never a good time.
Comment by binx2009 — April 24, 2010 @ 9:02 pm
October and November are usually when flu vaccines are given but can be as early as late August or as late as January first. You want to be sure to get it before the flu season begins however. They have developed an H1N1 vaccine but it may not actually even be released unless necessary. Go ahead with the regular flu vaccine.
Comment by gazeygoo — April 24, 2010 @ 9:58 pm
Never !!!! Just get all the sun you can every day .That will keep the flu away from you . Vitamin D is the best medicine that man has ever known but it is of no use to the pharmaceutical companies because they cannot patent all the good things that it does , so they will demonize its benefits.
Comment by Tom — April 24, 2010 @ 10:44 pm
September to January is the best time to get a flu shot according to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). October is typically when the beginning of flu season starts which is why getting a shot in September is ideal.
Comment by Enlarge Media Group — April 24, 2010 @ 11:01 pm