According to the Center for Disease...

According to the Center for Disease direct and Prevention (CDC) Director Julie Gerberding, MD the 2003-2004 influenza season in the United States could be more strict than in the previous three years, because of an earlier first brunt to the influenza season than in late years, higher levels of widespread influenza infection in more [i]or[/i] less areas of the country, and the vicinity of a strain of the influenza virus that is slightly different from the strain in the vaccine. Gerberding emphasized that there is profusion of the influenza vaccine available and encouraged bodily substances especially those at high risk of serious complications from influenza, to secure their influenza vaccine as by and by as possible. She added that animal studies have recommended that the current vaccine will still give cross-protection against the errant strain. For more information about the instant influenza season and the CDC's National Immunization Program, proceed online to http://www.cdc.gov/nip/flu.

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