{"id":18775,"date":"2021-09-07T08:40:37","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T12:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=18775"},"modified":"2021-09-07T08:40:37","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T12:40:37","slug":"its-time-for-a-flu-shot-heres-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=18775","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Time For A Flu Shot. Here&#8217;s What You Need To Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Fran Kritz for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>With all the talk about COVID-19 vaccines and boosters, it&#8217;s easy to forget that there&#8217;s another respiratory virus poised to strike.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, it&#8217;s that familiar winter nemesis, the flu. And there are vaccines to help ward it off \u2014 but also misinformation and fears circulating. &#8220;We&#8217;ve been concerned about vaccine fatigue and that people will be confused about whether or when they need the flu shot, and not very eager to once again roll up their sleeve,&#8221; says Dr. William Schaffner, medical director of the National Foundation of Infectious Diseases. &#8220;Flu is a nasty virus and worth protecting against.&#8221;\u00a0 Continue reading the article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2021\/09\/07\/1033756464\/flu-shot-covid-booster\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Fran Kritz for NPR) With all the talk about COVID-19 vaccines and boosters, it&#8217;s easy to forget that there&#8217;s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18775"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18776,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18775\/revisions\/18776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}