It’s never too soon to prevent illness. Influenza vaccine is
already available for this year, a full month ahead of usual
arrival. This year’s vaccine has two new virus strains, as
scientists try to keep up with the changes the flu bug makes in
its constant efforts to evade our immune system. Vaccine given
now will protect you from the three included influenza types for
at least a year, and likely more. You may be thinking that
influenza is not much of a threat after the mild season we had
last year. Influenza rates across the country were down, and the
season not only started late, it ended early. No one is sure why
the season was so mild, but one good possibility is that
immunization against influenza has been widely available and
widely used for the last three years. No vaccine shortages and
increased interest in getting vaccinated due to the pandemic flu
of 2009 means that more people overall were immunized. Remember,
when immunization works, NOTHING HAPPENS. No one gets sick. If
you were immunized and di