Facing Influenza: Billy Cary | Texas Children's Hospital Influenza PSA (30 secs)

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Channel: Texas Children’s · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Why should your child get the flu vaccine? This PSA conveys the importance of children receiving the influenza vaccine. To watch the full video "Facing Influenza", visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1OI21laA5M&index=2&list=PLiN68C9rloPD697-wZXq-fKYeIIdKjNhL

The flu vaccine is available at doctor offices, retail pharmacies, and health clinics. To find a location near you, use this online tool: http://flushot.healthmap.org/. The flu vaccine is also available at all Texas Children’s Pediatrics practices: http://www.texaschildrenspediatrics.org/Locations-and-Physicians/

Texas Children's Center for Vaccine Awareness and Research provides a valuable resource for understanding the increasingly complex issues of vaccination. To learn more about the flu and the influenza vaccines (flu shot and FluMist), visit http://www.texaschildrens.org/Influenza-the-flu/

The Texas Children’s book “Vaccine-Preventable Disease: The Forgotten Story” tells 20 true stories of families who were seriously impacted by infectious diseases that are now prevented by vaccines. For more information on the book, visit http://www.texaschildrens.org/vaccinebook/

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