Flu Vaccination
Why should people get vaccinated against the flu?
Influenza is a serious disease that can lead to hospitalization and sometimes even death. Every flu season is different, and influenza infection can affect people differently. Even healthy people can get very sick from the flu and spread it to others. Over a period of 31 seasons between 1976 and 2007, estimates of flu-associated deaths
(http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/disease/us_flu-related_deaths.htm) in the United States range from a low of about 3,000 to a high of about 49,000 people. During recent flu seasons, between 80% and 90% of flu related deaths have occurred in people 65 years and older. "Flu season" in the United States can begin as early as October and last as late as May. During this time, flu viruses are circulating at higher levels in the U.S. population. An annual seasonal flu vaccine (either the flu shot or the nasal spray flu vaccine) is the best way to reduce the chances that you will get seasonal flu and spread it to others. When more people get vaccinated against the flu, less flu can spread through that community.
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vaccinate (v.) 打疫苗 vaccine (n. a.) 疫苗, 疫苗的 hospitalization (n.) 住院治療 spread (v.) 傳播,散播() 流感可以導致住院治療甚至死亡, 每一個流感季節是不同的, 並且流感傳染對每個人的影響是不同的. 每個健康的人都可能感染上嚴重流感並且傳染給別人. 從1976年到2007年,31個流感季節,在美國流感相關死亡人數從3000到49000人. 大約80%--90%流感相關死亡發生在65歲以上老人. 流感季節大約早從10月分開始到五月.流感疫苗是最好的辦法去減低感染流感和傳染給別人的機率. |
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