Saying- Boo to the Flu! this season, it is recommended that children and adults receive flu shots by the end of October to maximize protection against flu before the flu season peaks in the winter. Here are some reasons from CDC why flu vaccine can be life saving for children.

• A 2022 study showed that flu vaccination reduced children’s risk of severe life-threatening influenza by 75 percent.
• A 2020 study found that during the 2018-2019 flu season, flu vaccination reduced flu-related hospitalization by 41 percent and flu-related emergency department visits by half among children (aged 6 months to 17 years old).
• In 2017, a study in the journal Pediatrics was the first of its kind to show that flu vaccination also significantly reduced a child’s risk of dying from flu. The study, which looked at data from four flu seasons between 2010 and 2014, found that flu vaccination reduced the risk of flu-associated death by half (51 percent) among children with underlying, higher risk medical conditions and by nearly two-thirds (65 percent) among healthy children.
• A 2014 study showed that flu vaccine reduced children’s risk of flu-related pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admission by 74 percent during flu seasons from 2010-2012

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