Stony Brook Medicine Media Contact: Kali Chan

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Stony Brook Medicine Partners With Nassau & Suffolk County To Discuss the Importance of Getting Your Flu Vaccine

WHEN:

Tuesday, October 20, 2020 from 7pm 8pm

WHAT:

Long Island is entering a critical flu season with a potential spike in COVID-19 expected in the fall and winter months. Populations with traditionally low flu vaccination rates, such as African-Americans, Native Americans and Hispanic/Latino populations, need to be informed about why getting the flu vaccine is especially important this year. Getting a flu vaccine will not protect against COVID-19, but the flu vaccine reduces the risk of flu illness, hospitalization and death. It also saves healthcare resources to care for patients with COVID-19 at a time when hospitals may be near or over capacity.

This Tuesday, October 20 join trusted health experts and Health Commissioners from the Suffolk and Nassau County Departments of Health, for a FREE Zoom webinar The Flu and You: What You Need to Know from 7 to 8 PM. They will answer your questions about the flu vaccine and provide sound advice for maintaining your and your familys health during this unprecedented public health crisis, with a potential second wave of coronavirus cases this winter.

PRESENTORS:

Please submit questions for speakers in advance at: stonybrookmedicine@stonybrookmedicine.edu

Register for this FREE Zoom Webinar at bit.ly/sbmflu

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