Please don’t ignore immunizations

Please don’t ignore immunizations 

Immunizations are not just for babies and children: Adults need them too. They not only save the lives of recipients, but also those around them with compromised immune systems such as infants, the elderly and those with chronic medical conditions.  

If immunizations were to stop, diseases that are almost unknown today would stage a devastating comeback, causing serious illness and deaths. Society’s “herd immunity” would be diminished, allowing once preventable diseases to be passed easily from one person to another. Diseases such as smallpox have been totally eliminated with worldwide immunizations, and it’s hoped that one day, this may also be true for polio and meningitis.  

 

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends a schedule for childhood, youth and adult immunizations. There are at least fourteen immunizations recommended for children as well as several adult immunizations, such as routine tetanus boosters, influenza (the flu), and shingles. Talk to your pediatrician or primary care physician about keeping up with your immunization schedule. You will not only be helping yourself, but those you love and our future generations. Visit https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/ for more information.     

 

Flu shot clinics will return to St. Ann

Saturdays, Sept. 30 and Oct. 14, 2:00-4:00pm

Sundays, Oct. 1 and Oct. 15, 8:00am-noon. 

Stop by to protect yourself, your family and your friends from the 2023-2024 flu season.  

Linda M. Walsh, RN, BSN 

lwalshrn@st-ann.org

770-552-6400 x6019 

Photo by Kaja Reichardt on Unsplash