ACT ON THE FACTS - Flu Immunizations - FLU’S TOLL ON OUR HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

ACT ON THE FACTS Flu Immunizations Every year, some 30 million people become sick not only suggests that it is possible to contract with influenza (flu) and nearly half require a visit with both the flu and COVID-19 at the same time, but a health care provider. [...] Although vaccination against also that having either increases susceptibility to the flu remains the most effective way to protect other respiratory illnesses.2,3 Most importantly, people from contracting the virus, only about half of the simultaneous presence of flu and COVID-19 U. [...] This year, as the country battles the COVID-19 Below, we provide an overview of the flu in past pandemic, the importance of the flu vaccination years and suggest steps an employer can take to has increased dramatically. [...] FLU’S TOLL ON OUR HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM The annual toll of the flu is profound. [...] Adults diagnosed with the flu also lose an average of 3.7–5.9 days of work, amounting to $8 billion in indirect costs.4,5 Flu vaccination is the most effective way to protect Data also show that rates vary significantly by state.