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One thing worth scheduling for your kid: a flu shot Date published: 10/8/2006
IKNOW IT'S A LITTLE EARLY to think Most of it is common sense, like not letting kids wear a mask they can't see out of, teaching them not to go into a stranger's home, sorting through candy before they eat it. (I tell my kids this is for safety reasons, but it's really so I can get all the stuff I like best out before they see it. Now is not too early to think about the flu shot. In fact, you should be scheduling it as soon as possible for your whole family if you have a child who falls into a high-risk group. The high-risk group keeps expanding, so that now you are practically a hermit living on a desert island if you don't fall into the high-risk--or exposed-to-high-risk--group. The highest-risk groups--the people who should receive the vaccine first--are kids ages The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also recommend vaccinating all healthy kids up to age 5. This is new this year, and probably will not be completely phased in until more of the vaccine is available. People ages 50 to 64 are also a priority, but they are not as high-risk as the first group. Close contacts of all the high-risk people are supposed to be vaccinated as well. These include all health care workers, day care providers, staffs of nursing homes and long-term-care facilities, and all family members who live with any high-risk person. This especially applies to family members of babies under 6 months of age, since babies can't receive the vaccine yet and are at very high risk of complications.
Date published: 10/8/2006
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