With flu activity increasing and family and friends planning gatherings for the holidays, now is a great time to get a flu vaccine if you haven’t been vaccinated yet this season.
A flu vaccine can protect you and your loved ones from the flu. 

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Flu Facts

• People of every age, including people in good health, are at risk of flu. 
  
  
• Flu causes millions of illnesses, hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations and thousands or tens of thousands of deaths each year in the United States. 
  
  
• It takes about two weeks after vaccination for antibodies to develop in the body that protect against influenza virus infection.
  
  
• Getting vaccinated yourself also protects 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.
  

Vision - Healthy People 

Since 1931, the Ottawa County Department of Public Health has worked to prevent disease, 

prolong life and protect public health. Through our evidence-based public health programs 

and services, we help assure conditions in which all people can achieve optimum health. 

Holland (616)396-5266 - Grand Haven (616)846-8360 - Hudsonville (616)669-0040 

www.miOttawa.org/miHealth