Is CDC recommending that flu shots go to priority groups, as was recommended last season?
To ensure that those who are at highest risk of complications from influenza have access to vaccine this season, CDC recommends that people in certain priority groups receive inactivated influenza vaccine (i.e., the flu shot) until October 24, 2005: • people aged 65 years and older, with and without chronic health conditions • residents of long-term care facilities • people aged 264 years with chronic health conditions • children aged 623 months • pregnant women • health-care personnel who provide direct patient care • household contacts and out-of-home caregivers of children less than 6 months of age Beginning October 24, 2005, all persons can get a flu shot. Use of the Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine It should be noted that vaccination with the nasal-spray flu vaccine is always an option for healthy persons aged 5-49 years who are not pregnant. This vaccine is not subject to prioritization and can be given to healthy 5-49 year olds at any time. People Displaced by Hurricane Katrina Influenza
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