What is a Vaccine Clinic?
A Vaccine Clinic is a community-based event or healthcare service where people can receive vaccinations to protect against infectious diseases. These clinics are often organized by public health departments, healthcare providers, or community organizations to make vaccines easily accessible and affordable.
At a vaccine clinic, you can expect:
💉 Routine Vaccinations: Protection against diseases like influenza and the flu.
👩⚕️ Professional Care: Licensed healthcare professionals administer the vaccines and answer any questions.
🌍 Community Impact: Widespread vaccination helps prevent outbreaks and protects vulnerable populations through herd immunity.
Getting vaccinated is one of the safest and most effective ways to protect yourself and your community from preventable diseases.
VACCINE RESOURCES
What vaccines are distributed by our Public Health Departments?
Influenza
Flu is a contagious disease that spreads around the United States every year, usually between October and May. Anyone can get the flu, but it is more dangerous for some people. Infants and young children, people 65 years and older, pregnant people, and people with certain health conditions or a weakened immune system are at greatest risk of flu complications.
Pneumonia, bronchitis, sinus infections, and ear infections are examples of flu-related complications. If you have a medical condition, such as heart disease, cancer, or diabetes, flu can make it worse.
Flu can cause fever and chills, sore throat, muscle aches, fatigue, cough, headache, and runny or stuffy nose. Some people may have vomiting and diarrhea, though this is more common in children than adults.
In an average year, thousands of people in the United States die from flu, and many more are hospitalized. Flu vaccine prevents millions of illnesses and flu-related visits to the doctor each year.
Flu Vaccine Recommendations from CDC
CDC recommends everyone 6 months and older get vaccinated every flu season. Children 6 months through 8 years of age may need 2 doses during a single flu season. Everyone else needs only 1 dose each flu season. It takes about 2 weeks for protection to develop after vaccination. There are many flu viruses, and they are always changing. Each year a new flu vaccine is made to protect against the influenza viruses believed to be likely to cause disease in the upcoming flu season. Even when the vaccine doesn’t exactly match these viruses, it may still provide some protection.
Need more information?
Please use this form to submit a request for a copy of a vaccine schedule or any informational insert about available vaccines. Your local public health department can assist you in finding out where you can get other vaccines not distributed by our Public Health Nurses.