Your Flu Season Toolkit Everyone can benefit from getting a flu
shot each year. Getting the shot improves chances of having a
flu-free winter and also avoids transmitting the virus through
contacts with people, especially those at high risk of flu-
related complications. Each year, a new flu vaccine must be
prepared that will be effective against the flu virus strain
circulating the globe. Find out how the flu shot makes its way
from the lab to the doctor's office. Certain groups should not
be vaccinated. Immunization with currently available influenza
vaccines is not recommended for infants <6 months of age.
Persons who developed an anaphylactic reaction to a previous
dose of influenza vaccine or to any of the vaccine components
(with the exception of egg), or developed Guillain-Barré
Syndrome (GBS) within six weeks of influenza vaccination should
not receive a further dose. Persons with egg allergy may be
safely vaccinated with inactivated influenza vaccine (TIV),
without a prior influenza vaccine skin test,