Flu Shot
Don't hesitate - vaccinate for the flu! Protect yourself, your family and your community and get the flu shot. A flu vaccine this season can help reduce the burden on hospitals responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Resources
San Bernardino County Resources
Fight Flu Together
Flu and You
Frequently Asked Questions (English and Spanish)
Getting a flu vaccine is more important than ever to protect yourself, your loved ones, and your community from flu.
- Just like wearing a mask, getting a flu shot is an easy and safe action we can take to keep ourselves and others healthy during the pandemic.
- We may not have a vaccine for COVID-19 yet, but we do have one for flu that is effective and safe.
- It is likely that both COVID-19 and flu will be circulating this fall and winter. Getting immunized against flu means there is one less disease you and your doctor have to worry about this season.
- This season, getting a flu vaccine is especially important because it will protect against flu and help save limited medical resources for COVID-19 patients.
- Influenza and COVID-19 share many symptoms. Preventing influenza means fewer people will need to seek medical care and testing for possible COVID-19 or influenza.
- CDC estimates that flu causes hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations and 12,000-61,000 deaths each season. While it’s always important to minimize this toll, it’s especially important this season. A bad flu season combined with COVID-19 can put our front-line workers at higher risk for illness.
- Essential workers, including nurses and doctors, are doing their part to keep us healthy. Now it’s time for us to do our part by rolling up our sleeves and getting vaccinated
