What Are Flu Clinics?
A flu clinic is a facility which provides flu shots, vaccinations against common strains of seasonal flu. Flu clinics can also be community events at which flu shots and general health education are offered over the course of a day or weekend. Finding a flu clinic is generally very easy; typing in “flu clinic” and one’s location in a search engine often yields a list and many medical advocacy organizations also maintain lists of locations which offer flu shots or dates for community flu clinics. Flu shots are designed by epidemiologists who predict which strains of the flu will be most likely to appear in a given flu season. A flu shot will not protect against all forms of influenza, but it will certainly reduce someone’s risk of getting the flu. As a general rule, flu shots do not protect against pandemic flu, because this type of virulent influenza often appears suddenly, and it is quite different from the milder strains of influenza which lead to seasonal flu.
