With the great season of Fall, comes the flu season as well. It's awful and annoying, but a fact of the times. I am lucky enough to have a company that provides all employees with free flu vaccines - but these can be given at any CVS, Walgreens or from your local doctor. It takes 5 minutes and will in turn save you from a lot of misery.
"Influenza" is caused by influenza viruses. It spreads easily from person to person—at home, at school, at work, at the supermarket, on the train. It gets passed on when someone who already has influenza coughs or sneezes. You can also get influenza if you touch something that has the influenza virus—a door handle, a phone, or a pen—then touch your mouth or nose. People can also be infectious (able to pass on viruses) before they even know they have it. Healthy adults can transmit influenza from one day before becoming sick and for up to five days after. EWWWW.
Please for the sake of the other 7 million people living in this city - get vaccinated! Something to think about the next time you grab that rail on the subway..
Do it!
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