UPDATED: TO ALL ASIAN-AMERICAN FEMINISTS: REMEMBER, TWO FLU SHOTS NECESSARY FOR SEPTEMBER FLU SHOT RECIPIENTS:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/26/health/wait-for-flu-shot/?iid=ob_homepage_deskrecommended_pool

IF YOU GET THE SEPTEMBER FLU SHOT, GET A SECOND ONE IN THE LAST WEEK OF DECEMBER, TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE COVERED UNTIL THE END OF MARCH. TRY TO GET THE ROTAVIRUS, TETANUS, PNEUMONIA, MENINGITIS, MMR, POLIO, DIPTHERIA, JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS, TB, PERTUSSIS/WHOOPING COUGH, CHICKEN POX, SHINGLES, TYPHOID, YELLOW FEVER, GARDASIL, HEPATITIS A, B SHOT CLINICS FOR EVERYONE IMPOVERISHED, ON A YEAR-ROUND AVAILABILITY. THESE SHOTS WILL HOPEFULLY BE GIVEN EACH WEEK, THROUGH FLU SEASON, IF POSSIBLE, NOT ALL AT ONCE. IF IT'S THE FIRST TIME THEY ARE RECEIVING A FLU SHOT, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN, THEY NEED THEIR BOOSTER FLU SHOT, THREE TO FOUR WEEKS LATER, BASED UPON WHAT THEIR PEDIATRICIAN PREVIOUSLY GAVE, AND RECOMMENDED FOR THEM. THAT CHANGES EVERY YEAR. IDEALLY, EVERYONE IS MINIMALLY ON THE VACCINATION SCHEDULE RECOMMENDED FOR HOSPITAL NURSES, E.G. EXACTLY WHAT THE VISITING NURSES ASSOCIATION ARE GETTING, AFTER AGE 18.

http://www.vaccines.gov/diseases/diphtheria/index.html

http://www.vaccines.gov/who_and_when/index.html

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