https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/flu\/highrisk\/65over.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Flu season is quickly approaching and Health New England wants\u00a0to remind you of the importance of getting your annual flu vaccine.\u00a0According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are lots of reasons to get a flu vaccine each year. A\u00a0major reason is that between 50 and 70 percent of seasonal flu related\u00a0hospitalizations […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-medicare"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/senior-flu-shot-2021.jpg?fit=991%2C865&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6ZZGa-2Lu","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10632"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10642,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10632\/revisions\/10642"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/a>An annual seasonal flu vaccine is the best way to reduce the chance\u00a0that you will get the flu. In addition, the flu vaccine is an important\u00a0preventive tool for people with chronic health conditions. Another\u00a0benefit of receiving the flu shot is that your illness may be milder if\u00a0you do get sick. For more about the flu and the benefits of the flu\u00a0vaccine, please visit www.cdc.gov\/flu<\/a>.<\/p>\n