Lead by the Georgia Department of Health, the health departments are hosting the statewide drive-thru flu vaccinations. As reported in WJCL, law enforcement agencies and emergency management agencies will also play their role in the upcoming events.
Diane Weems, M.D., Coastal Health District Health Director states, "Getting vaccinated is the best protection against the flu and there is no more convenient way to get vaccinated than never having to leave your own vehicle," she added "We are also using these clinics as a way to assess public health's ability to quickly provide medication should it become necessary during a real world event."
These are the health departments in Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, and Liberty counties that will provide drive-through flu vaccination clinics on Tuesday, November 17. Flu injections will be available for $29. High-dose flu vaccine, offered for people 65 and older, will be $50.
Chatham County
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Empty lot at 6900 Sallie Mood Drive in Savannah
Effingham County
2:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Effingham County Health Department, 802 Hwy. 119 South in Springfield
Glynn County
10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Glynn County Health Department, 2747 4th Street in Brunswick
Liberty County
9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Shuman Recreation Center, 800 Tupelo Trail in Hinesville
Having vaccinated provides a line of defense and protection for the body. The CDC or The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, suggested that everyone should be subjected to flu vaccine every year. This is for the reason that the flu vaccine will cause no flu. And for the immune system to act in response prior to vaccination, two weeks is counted before full body protection is achieved.
All things considered, over 200,000 individuals in the United States are hospitalized every year for ailments connected with regular flu infection diseases and it is assessed that more than 36,000 Americans pass away every year due flu related sickness.
Flu virus can be avoided with good clean and healthy habits. Maintain a strategic distance from contacts on the off chance that you gained influenza furthermore the other way around.
To save time, residents can download the flu vaccine consent form before approaching the drive-through clinics. Forms are available at gachd.org and clicking on the Immunizations and Vaccinations link under the Quick Links menu. For more information on the flu or flu vaccine, go to cdc.gov/flu.
