Drawing Solutions for Flu Prevention: Showing Success in Understanding Available Flu Vaccines

This article is for patients, care partners and the community at large.  The goal of this patient activity is to be better able to understand how available vaccines work to protect us from the flu.

You will learn about:

• Flu symptoms

• How the flu vaccine works to build immunity

• How flu vaccines are made

• Current trends for the upcoming flu season

• Resources about the various flu vaccines

The flu can make people very sick, even healthy people. It can cause inflammation in different parts of the body and cause serious problems. The most effective way to prevent the flu is by getting vaccinated. That’s why doctors suggest that everyone 6 months old or older get the flu vaccine every year. It can be life-saving and keep you healthy.

You may be wondering how vaccines work. The short answer is that the vaccine trains your body to recognize and fight the flu virus, so that you don’t get seriously sick.

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