Show Are Flu Shots SHOULD I TAKE A FLU Tins IS THE QUESTION THAT crops up regularly at this time of the year when cold and wintry-like weather heralds the approach of the The commonest causes of illness are various respiratory Of influenza is the most serious and reaches epidemic from about every two or three No epidemic is anticipated this THE FLU VACCINES ARE NOT one hundred percent Surveys Indicate that vaccinations against Influenza provide from 60 to 80 percent So immunization is not but the protective shots are recommended by the Public Health the U. S. Department of and the Utah State Medical THE FLU SHOTS ARE PARTICULARLY important for middle-aged and older and for pregnant because the disease is more serious when it occurs in these Influenza takes its greatest toll among those who are chronically ill with such debilitating diseases as high blood rheumatic heart and hardening of the THE HEALTH HAZARD FROM FLU has been lessened considerably the past few years as the vaccine lias been improved and more people have taken the SURGEON GENERAL L. in urging the public to get flu shots emphasizes that the chronically ill and those over but especially those over should be some of these timely be a life-saving he |