Vaccines have been subjected to quite a bit of controversy in recent years. Currently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend that healthy people receive a flu vaccine every year. What are your current perceptions of the flu vaccine? Do you think these recommendations are appropriate? Explain your reasoning.

There are many reasons to get an influenza (flu) vaccine each year.

Flu vaccination can keep you from getting sick with flu.

Flu vaccination can reduce the risk of flu-associated hospitalization for children, working age adults, and older adults.

Flu vaccination is an important preventive tool for people with chronic health conditions.

Flu vaccination helps protect women during and after pregnancy.

Flu vaccine can be life-saving in children.

Flu vaccination has been shown in several studies to reduce severity of illness in people who get vaccinated but still get sick.

Getting vaccinated yourself may also protect people around you, including those who are more vulnerable to serious flu illness, like babies and young children, older people, and people with certain chronic health conditions.

Explanation:

Influenza is a potentially serious disease that can lead to hospitalization and sometimes even death. Every flu season is different, and influenza infection can affect people differently, but millions of people get flu every year, hundreds of thousands of people are hospitalized and thousands to tens of thousands of people die from flu-related causes every year. An annual seasonal flu vaccine is the best way to help protect against flu. Vaccination has been shown to have many benefits including reducing the risk of flu illnesses, hospitalizations and even the risk of flu-related death in children.

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