{"id":11340,"date":"2020-10-06T10:07:43","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T14:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/jss-newsletter\/%e3%82%a4%e3%83%b3%e3%83%95%e3%83%ab%e3%82%a8%e3%83%b3%e3%82%b6%e4%ba%88%e9%98%b2%e6%8e%a5%e7%a8%ae\/"},"modified":"2021-02-08T15:19:12","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T19:19:12","slug":"flushot-oct2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/jss-newsletter\/flushot-oct2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Influenza Vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tomoko Fukushima, Registered Nurse
\n\"\"Every year<\/span> around the end of October, the flu-shot becomes available in Ontario. There are a few types of flu vaccines, but most clinics use two types \u2013 Quadrivalent flu vaccine for<\/span>\u00a0people from<\/span>\u00a06 month<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0to 64 years of age, and Trivalent high dose flu vaccine for 65 years and older.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>
\nAccording to the statistics by Government of Canada<\/a>, <\/span>every year,\u00a0<\/span>approximately 12,200 people are hospitalized, and 3500 people die from influenza infection, making influenza and pneumonia one of the top 10 leading causes of death. C<\/span>hildren under five and seniors over 65 years of age, as well as people <\/span>who are\u00a0<\/span>suffering\u00a0<\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>chronic disease such as diabetes, cardiac or pulmonary disorders, and all pregnant women<\/span>\u00a0are at high<\/span>er<\/span>\u00a0risk for\u00a0<\/span>getting infected with influenza<\/span>\u00a0and for\u00a0<\/span>developing\u00a0<\/span>complications<\/span>. People who are identified as high risk and their families are especially encouraged to receive the influenza vaccine. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>
\nEven a young and healthy person can also develop complications such as pneumonia from influenza infection. Combined with our effort of increasing herd immunity in the community, the influenza vaccine is recommended for young and healthy adults, too. Particularly in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>this year, the increased health risks of double infection from influenza and covid-19 and the increased burden on the healthcare system and community are anticipated. Because the symptoms of Covid-19 and influenza <\/span>are similar<\/span>, influenza symptoms will be initially suspected as Covid-19 infection, leading to <\/span>extra\u00a0<\/span>burden on the healthcare system, schools, and workplaces. Until covid-19 vaccine becomes available, let us protect ourselves against influenza<\/span> to<\/span> at the very least prevent the risk of double infection.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>
\nFlu shot<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>are<\/span>\u00a0available at family doctor clinics, public health clinics, and participating pharmacies.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tomoko Fukushima, Registered Nurse Every year around the end of October, the flu-shot becomes available in Ontario. There are a few types of flu vaccines, but most clinics use two types \u2013 Quadrivalent flu vaccine for\u00a0people from\u00a06 months\u00a0to 64 years of age, and Trivalent high dose flu vaccine for 65 years and older.\u00a0\u00a0 According to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":11341,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[279,244],"tags":[312],"class_list":["post-11340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jss-newsletter-vo-8-no-3-october-2020-jss-newsletter-en","category-jss-newsletter","tag-health-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}