What to know ahead of flu season – WQOW TV News 18

Flu season typically starts later in the fall, however, to avoid symptoms like fever, coughing and body aches, it's important to vaccinate early.

EAU CLAIRE (WQOW) -Summer is still in swing, but with fall around the corner also comes flu season.

Flu season typically starts later in the fall, however, to avoid symptoms like fever, coughing and body aches, it's important to vaccinate early.

Allison Gosbin, a public health nurse with the Eau Claire City-County Health Department, advises anytime between September and October is the best time to get the seasonal vaccine. However, it's important to note that it still takes roughly two weeks for the shot to be fully effective.

"In recent years we have seen flu activity already starting in the end of October and peaking in December, so we don't know if that will be the case this year, but if you have your flu shot before the end of October, you're prepared then," Gosbin said.

The vaccine for this year also comes with a change. In previous years the shot has included four strains of the flu virus, now it contains just three. This is because the fourth strain hasn't been detected globally since 2020.

Some places, like Walgreens, are offering the flu vaccine now.

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