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With the weather getting colder and flu season getting closer, health officials are encouraging everyone to get the flu shot.<\/p>\n
According to Tammy Batson of Long\u2019s Drugs on Kilbourne Road, it\u2019s better to be safe than sorry.<\/p>\n
\u201cHopefully they\u2019ve got the right formulation and you\u2019re covered. If not, you\u2019ve done the best you can do,\u201d Batson said.<\/p>\n
Last year was a devastating year for the flu in South Carolina. According to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control’s end of the year report, there were 4,489 hospitalizations and 289 deaths due to influenza, an increase from the 2016 season.<\/p>\n
So far this year, there have been around 14 hospitalizations, but that number is expected to grow as winter approaches. And while the weather may have just started to get colder, Batson says not to wait until winter to get the shot.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt takes two weeks for the flu shot to kick in so they prefer everybody get it by the end of October,\u201d Batson said.\u00a0 \u201cThat way when it starts getting really cold and everything, everybody\u2019s got their vaccination and they\u2019re ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some people believe that the vaccine actually increases your chances at getting the flu, but Batson says that isn\u2019t the case.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou may get some flu-like symptoms after you get the flu shot but you don\u2019t actually get the flu,\u201d she said.\u00a0 \u201cSo it\u2019s much better to get the flu shot.\u201d<\/p>\n
Long\u2019s Drugs, like many drug stores, does flu shots all day from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Most insurance plans completely cover the shot, and Batson said the most she has seen someone pay is $5.\u00a0 Long\u2019s is located at 630 Kilbourne Road in Columbia.<\/p>\n
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Long’s Drugs does flu shots all throughout the day, and they only take a few seconds.<\/p>\n
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\nTammy Batson is a pharmacist at Long’s Drugs. \u00a0She previously worked in the Thomson Student Health Center and the University of South Carolina.<\/p>\n
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With the weather getting colder and flu season getting closer, health officials are encouraging everyone to get the flu shot.<\/p>
According to Tammy Batson of Long\u2019s Drugs on Kilbourne Road, it\u2019s better to be safe than sorry.<\/p>
\u201cHopefully they\u2019ve got the right formulation and you\u2019re covered.\u00a0 If not, you\u2019ve done the best you can do,\u201d Batson said.<\/p>
Last year was a devastating year for the flu in South Carolina.\u00a0\u00a0 According to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control end of the year report, there were 4,489 hospitalizations and 289 deaths due to influenza, an increase from the 2016 season.\u00a0 And while the weather may have just started to get colder, Batson says not to wait until winter to get the shot.<\/p>
\u201cIt takes two weeks for the flu shot to kick in so they prefer everybody get it by the end of October,\u201d Batson said.\u00a0 \u201cThat way when it starts getting really cold and everything, everybody\u2019s got their vaccination and they\u2019re ready to go.\u201d<\/p>
Some people believe that the vaccine actually increases your chances at getting the flu, but Batson says that isn\u2019t the case.<\/p>
\u201cYou may get some flu-like symptoms after you get the flu shot but you don\u2019t actually get the flu,\u201d she said.\u00a0 \u201cSo it\u2019s much better to get the flu shot.\u201d<\/p>
Long\u2019s Drugs, like many drug stores, does flu shots all day from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.\u00a0 Most insurances completely cover the shot, and Batson said the most she has seen someone pay is $5.\u00a0 Long\u2019s is located at 630 Kilbourne Road in Columbia.<\/p>
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