CDC Recommends People Get Flu Shots Soon

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there were 16 weeks of non-stop flu season last year leading to 700,000 hospitalizations due to influenza as well as pneumonias that occurred as complications. The CDC is therefore recommending that the general public get their flu shots well before the flu season begins this year, ideally by the end of October, reports News-Medical.net . According to CDC recommendations, older adults should be given high doses of the vaccine.