Rockland Schedules Flu Vaccine Clinics

From Rockland Health: Rockland County Executive Director Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Patricia Schnabel Ruppert announce that the Department of Health has planned flu vaccination clinics for the 2018-19 season.

The Department of Health offers the vaccine to anyone 6 months or older. The clinics will be at the following times and places:

• Friday, September 14From 9:00 to 12:00 at the Robert Yeager Health Center, Building A, second floor of the clinic, Sanatorium Road, Pomona.
• Friday, September 21stFrom 9:00 to 12:00 at the Robert Yeager Health Center, Building A, second floor of the clinic, Sanatorium Road, Pomona.
• Wednesday, September 26From 17:00 to 19:00 at Konbit Neg Lakay, located at 16 East Church Road in Spring Valley.
• Friday September 28th9: 00-12: 00 in the Student Union Building, Room 3217, Rockland Community College, 145 College Road, Suffern
• Friday, October 51:00 pm to 3:00 pm at the Allison-Parris County office building, 11 New Hempstead Road, New City
• Wednesday, October 10From 13:00 to 16:00 at Centro de Amigos, located at 91 Broadway in Haverstraw
• Friday, October 19thfrom 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm at the Robert Yeager Health Center, Building A, second floor of the clinic, Sanatorium Road, Pomona.
• Friday, November 2from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm at the Robert Yeager Health Center, Building A, second floor of the clinic, Sanatorium Road, Pomona.

The vaccine is free if you:

• to be 65 years old and over (please bring a piece of ID with proof of age)
• have Medicare or Medicaid (please bring your card)
• are uninsured or underinsured

No appointments are necessary. There is a fee of $ 20 (up from $ 25 last year) for 6 months to 64 years old. Cash or checks will be accepted. For those who have private health insurance, we will provide you with a receipt to submit to your health insurance for a possible refund.

The Department of Health gives the quadrivalent influenza vaccine that does not contain preservatives, including thimerosal. The vaccine is called quadrivalent because it offers protection against four different strains of influenza virus that studies show most often during this influenza season: two strains of influenza A and two strains of influenza B. wait 15 minutes after vaccination to be able to observe any reaction.

Anyone 6 months of age or older should be vaccinated against the flu as soon as it is available every year. It is best to be vaccinated early in the fall, before the flu season really starts because it takes about two weeks after the vaccination for antibodies to develop in the body and protect against the flu virus . In the meantime, you are still at risk of getting the flu. The protection you receive from the flu vaccine will last throughout the flu season. Consult your doctor before receiving the flu shot if you are allergic to eggs or any of the ingredients of the vaccine, or if you do not feel well (consult your doctor for your symptoms).

Influenza is a serious illness that can lead to hospitalization and sometimes even death. Even healthy people can get the flu and pass it on to other people. "The flu shot is the main way to prevent the flu and its complications," said Dr. Ruppert.

For more information on influenza and flu vaccination clinics, visit http://bit.ly/2c154Bj or call 364-2534.

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