| Show Winter is Time I For lor Flu Shots Should I take a flu shot This is the question that crops up regularly at this time of th the year when cold and wintry like weather heralds the approach of the Danger season The commonest causes of illness are various respiratory infections Of these influenza is the most serious and reaches epidemic form about every two or three years No epidemic is anticipated ed this year THE FLU vaccines are not one hundred percent effective Surveys indicate that vaccina vaccina- vaccinations against influenza provide from 60 to 80 percent protection So immunization is not assured but the protective shots are re- re recommended recommended commended by the Public Hea Hea- Health Service the US Department of Health and the Utah State Medical Association The flu shots are particularly Important for middle aged and older people and for pregnant women because the disease is ismore ismore more serious when it occurs in these groups Influenza Influenza takes its greatest toll among those who are chronically ill with such de de- de debilitating diseases as high blood pressure rheumatic heart dis dis- dis disease ease asthma bronchitis tuber tuber- tuberculosis and hardening of the arteries THE HEALTH hazard from flu has been lessened consider consider- considerably ably the past few years as the vaccine has been improved and more people have taken the shots Surgeon General Luther L Terry in urging the public to get flu shots emphasizes that the chronically ill and those over forty five but especially those sixty five should be vaccinated For some of these people tim tim- timely timely ely immunization may be a life life- lifesaving lifesaving saving measure he reports |
