As COVID social regulations and PPE mask requirements ease into the fall, the transmission risk of infectious airborne diseases may increase as well.
Adults 65 years of age and older are particularly vulnerable to influenza and thats why it is important to help protect yourself.
Adults 65 years of age and older are particularly vulnerable to influenza; that's why it is important to help protect yourself. Seniors represent 15% of Canadas population, yet in 2014-2015, adults 65+ accounted for 70% of influenza-related hospitalizations and 91% of influenza-related deaths.
Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) concluded that FLUZONE® High-Dose vaccine for older adults should provide superior protection compared with our standard dose vaccine and therefore
recommends influenza immunization for high-risk individuals,
such as adults 65+ and people with or without chronic diseases.
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