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It's that time of year. No, not the holidays...Flu Shot season!

Click the image on the left to see a short (2:55) video about the Cambridge Flu Clinic and hear Louise Rice, Senior Director of Public Health Nursing for Cambridge, on this year's flu season and why YOU should get a flu shot!

"Flu season in New England doesn't peak until late January and continues all the way into April," says Nurse Rice.

If you got a flu shot last year, that doesn't cover you for this flu season. The nasty viruses mutate, so vaccines have to be updated annually. Experts meet in February to determine the most likely strains of flu virus for the year, and vaccines are developed accordingly.

"This vaccine has three different flu strains," says Louise. "They usually get it right."

For more information, see Margaret's previous post about the Cambridge Flu Clinic and the 2007 Cambridge Flu Clinic Schedule

Get a Flu Shot! It could save your life!

by Margaret Desjardins

I hate shots. I mean I really hate shots…I fainted when I got my ears pierced. Just the thought of needles makes me light headed.

So it was with some trepidation that I approached the free flu shot clinic at City Hall this morning and allowed Louise Rice, the Senior Director of Public Health Nursing for the City of Cambridge, to swab and stab me with…a flu shot.

But I didn’t faint. In fact, I hardly felt it.

I'd never gotten a flu shot before. Did I really need one? After all, it was just the flu...

Who should get a flu shot?

“Everyone,” says Louise. “Unless you’re allergic to eggs, because the vaccine virus is grown in an egg medium.” read more...