The answer is complicated—but you should get it anyway.
died from the flu, compared with 22,000 the year before). “I can tell you that as a practicing family physician, I hadpositive flu tests last year,” says Dr. Stewart. In addition to all the safety precautions and lockdowns from the COVID pandemic, there was also aThis was great news for last year, but it has mixed meaning for this year.
Even so, both Dr. Webby and Dr. Stewart urge everyone to get the flu shot: “As we have seen with the COVID vaccine, even if the flu shot doesn’t keep you from getting infected, it certainly decreases your risk of getting severely sick,” says Dr. Webby. And Dr. Stewart adds that even if the flu shot is only 50 percent effective, “that 50 percent is really important, because the flu can kill!” she says.
And again, as we have seen with the COVID vaccine, the flu shot can dial down a deadly illness requiring hospitalization to a mild case that can be treated at home. Though the studies range by year, the risk of landing in the ICU with influenza drops anywhere from 26 to 82 percent if you’re vaccinated. Areported that there was a 31 percent reduced risk of death compared with those who were unvaccinated.
found that among those admitted to the ICU with flu, vaccinated patients spend 4 fewer days there than the unvaccinated.of flu illnesses, medical visits, and hospitalizations each year—and in a year when hospitals have been overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients, that frees up a lot of resources.Finally, in a year when we are still reeling from the effects of thathighly contagious virus, Dr.
One last reason to get your flu shot, no matter how effective it may be this year? This year’s flu season may pack an extra punch, says Dr. Webby. “Because we’ve had two seasons of pretty low flu activity here, there is a possibility that as a population, our immunity levels to the flu are lower.” During a typical flu season, upwards of 80 percent of the population is exposed to flu, which helps boost their immunity, he explains.
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