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October 12, 2018

Shot of confidence: Why this flu vaccine may work better -SRMC Featured in Vero News

The Florida Department of Health is adamant. Everyone should get vaccinated for influenza by the end of this month.

Infectious disease Specialist Dr. Aisha Thomas- St. Cyr at Sebastian Infectious Disease Care and Steward Health agrees wholeheartedly with the FDH, saying "yes, I recommend everyone -6 months of age and up -get vaccinated."

Why?

Let's start with this: According to Dr. Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, some 80,000 Americans lost their lives to the flu last year. Read more in the Vero News:http://veronews.com/2018/10/09/shot-confidence-flu-vaccine-may-work-better/