Jackson, Tennessee – The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department will offer free flu vaccines on Thursday, Nov. 19 during a special “Fight Flu TN” vaccination event.
According to a press release from Mallory Cooke – Public Information Officer Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department – the free flu shots will be available at the Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. while supplies last. You do not need an appointment or insurance to get a free flu shot that day.
The health department is located at 804 North Parkway. Please park on the back side of the building and come in the administrative entrance.
Eleven children died in Tennessee from flu during the 2019-2020 flu season, according to the Tennessee Department of Health.
The Centers and Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends everyone six months of age and older get a flu vaccine each year. The flu vaccine is especially important for infants, young children, pregnant women, adults over age 50 and those with chronic medical conditions.
Immunization against the flu protects the person receiving the vaccine and his or her family, friends, and coworkers.
“Flu shots, along with proper hand washing and overall good hygiene, are the only way we have of protecting ourselves and others against some of the many strains of influenza,” Epidemiologist Shanna Shearon Wilbanks said.
Call the Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department at 731-423-3020 if you have questions about the flu vaccine.
(PHOTO: Mallory Cooke)
