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Families Fighting Flu and CDC Encourage Parents to Vaccinate Kids Against Flu

Date:12/9/2008

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But, it's not just kids who need to get immunized. Parents should also get vaccinated against the flu to better protect their family and loved ones from spreading the disease. A new national FFF survey of mothers of children in child care revealed that 56 percent of mothers said they have not received an influenza vaccination for themselves within the past two years.

"We know that come December many parents, unfortunately, think that flu season has already passed. But the reality is it hasn't even started in some areas of the country and is just starting in others. Our hope is that by designating today as Children's Flu Vaccination Day we will help remind parents that their children are still susceptible to getting the flu, and that the best way to help protect their family is to get themselves and their children vaccinated as soon as possible," said Julie Moise, FFF board member. Moise's 6-and-1/2-month-old son, Ian, died suddenly in December 2003 from influenza.

FFF has created a new e-card that's available at www.familiesfightingflu.org designed to be distributed starting today and throughout the rest of flu vaccination season (March 2009) to parents to remind them to get their children vaccinated against the flu. Contact your healthcare provider or local health department to find out when and where to get a flu vaccine.

Who Should Get Vaccinated?

The CDC recommends that all children aged six months through 18 years get vaccinated against the flu every year, as well as all persons who want to reduce the risk of becoming ill with the flu or transmitting it to others. This includes (but is not limited to): children with certain medical conditions; household contacts (parents, siblings, grandparents, etc.) and caregivers of children less than five years old; and
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