{"id":9346,"date":"2020-07-20T14:50:29","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T14:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/?p=9346"},"modified":"2020-07-20T15:36:48","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T15:36:48","slug":"august-is-national-immunization-awareness-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/august-is-national-immunization-awareness-month\/","title":{"rendered":"August is National Immunization Awareness Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>7 Reasons to Roll Up Your Sleeve<\/strong><br \/>\nShot aren\u2019t just for kids. Check out this list of reasons why you shouldn\u2019t skimp on adult vaccinations.<\/p>\n<p>1. Your age could put you at risk for a preventable disease. For example, shingles and pneumonia\u00a0shots are recommended for people in their 60s.<br \/>\n2. Vaccine protection fades over time. For instance, adults need a booster to renew protection\u00a0against tetanus every 10 years. And, you need a new flu shot every year in the fall.<br \/>\n3. Your loved ones depend on you being immunized. Vaccines don\u2019t just help protect you; some also\u00a0help protect the people around you.<br \/>\n4. You could get very sick yourself if you aren\u2019t immunized. Every year, thousands of adults get sick\u00a0from vaccine-preventable diseases.<br \/>\n5. You\u2019re a world traveler. Some vaccinations are recommended before traveling to certain countries.<br \/>\n6. Not getting immunized could cost you time and money\u2014especially if you get sick or have to be\u00a0hospitalized from the flu or another illness that is preventable.<br \/>\n7. Immunizations are safe. Most side effects, if they happen at all, are mild and go away on their own.<\/p>\n<p>Many immunizations are covered by your Health New England Medicare Advantage plan. Check your\u00a0plan materials and be sure to ask your doctor at your next visit which immunizations you might need.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; National Foundation for Infectious Diseases<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>7 Reasons to Roll Up Your Sleeve Shot aren\u2019t just for kids. Check out this list of reasons why you shouldn\u2019t skimp on adult vaccinations. 1. Your age could put you at risk for a preventable disease. For example, shingles and pneumonia\u00a0shots are recommended for people in their 60s. 2. Vaccine protection fades over time. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8453,"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":[539,955],"class_list":["post-9346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-medicare","tag-preventative-care","tag-vaccinations"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/flu-shot.png?fit=850%2C662&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6ZZGa-2qK","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9346","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=9346"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9349,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9346\/revisions\/9349"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}