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Your risk of a heart attack increases 600 per cent within a week of catching the flu. The flu shot decreases that risk, whether you catch the flu or not.
Pregnant women should get the flu shot to protect themselves, and their child for the first 6 months of life.
The flu vaccine isn’t perfect but it’s the best way to protect against these potentially harmful viruses. Most children aged six months to five years are eligible for a free vaccine in 2018.
The flu is not only making millions of people sick this year. It’s causing fear and, along with it, a lot of confusion. Should you get a flu shot? Should you see the doctor? An expert advises.
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Professor, Epidemiology, University of Michigan
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Professor Public Health and Deputy Head of the Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle
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Member, IMPART (Inflammation & Metabolism, Physical Ability, & Research Translation) Network, Dalhousie University
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NHMRC Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney
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Paediatrician, Infectious Diseases Physician and Clinical Microbiologist, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Professor, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
