Medical Specialists are caution that this year's influenza season can be severe. Officials by the Iowa section of Public Health said This time is the time to get your influenza bullet because it takes a couple of weeks for your body to build immunity to the influenza virus. "Almost everyone over six months ought be getting vaccinated."While it's difficulty to predict what kind of influenza season it going to be, investigators look at influenza patterns in the southern hemisphere, that they tell was a severe influenza season. "Particularly in Australia, that is, unfortunately, an indication that we probably have a further severe season here in Iowa as well," Garvey said. But Kelly Callison, of Des Moines, did'nt get the influenza bullet because she does not believe it's necessary.
Officials brace for potentially bad influenza season in the U.S.
WASHINGTON -- It's influenza bullet time, & health officials are bracing for a potentially miserable fall & winter. And in the U.S., small clusters of which so-called H3N2 influenza indeed are popping up. The worrying break news came as the Gov. urged Americans Thursday to make sure they get a influenza bullet before influenza starts spreading widely. Some things to know about the once-a-year rite of influenza vaccination:Who needs a influenza shot? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tells people who get influenza bullets have a 40 % to 60 % reduce chance of getting earnestly ill than the unvaccinated.
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