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Family Flu Shots
October 1, 2007
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It’s that time of year again to start scheduling your flu shot. Dr. Thomas Schiller
says “Flu season is coming. It always does come every year”.
The flu is much more intense than your common cold. Dr. Schiller says “when a doctor
says flu we’re talking influenza which is a really nasty cold, fever, cough and
you feel like a truck hit you, that’s what makes it so different from a cold”.
Research shows that one in five households gets the flu each season. Physicians
say if one member of your family catches the flu; it’s usually only a matter of
days before everyone in your home is infected with the illness.
Debbie Hixenbaugh says “It’s me catering to the one that’s sick and then that one
complaining and then the next one; it’s chaos because I have all girls and their
complete drama queens. It’s miserable”.
The best way to prevent that scenario in your home is to make sure that every family
member from kids to grandparents gets their flu shot.
Dr. Schiller says “The kids that get it worse are going to be the youngest so infants,
also adults, the elderly definitely can be fatal in both of those categories. Everyone
should get it to protect everyone else”.
Physicians say it’s never too early to start getting the flu shot. A child’s first
flu shot can be given as young as six months old. If you get your flu shot through
your family physicians, it’s more likely to be covered by health insurance.
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