Less than half of U.S. residents received a flu vaccine in 2019, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield, which has prompted major concerns for the upcoming fall season, as the novel coronavirus continues to spread throughout the country.
During a recent interview with WebMD, Redfield said that about 47 percent of Americans got a flu shot last year and stressed the importance to get one this year.
Redfield also spoke about how getting a flu vaccine will help alleviate the stress weighed upon hospital systems across the country, as we have seen them struggle during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic."The real reason is because we're gonna have COVID in the fall and we're gonna have flu in the fall, and either one of those by themselves can stress certain hospital systems," Redfield told WebMD.
"Please don't leave this important accomplishment of American medicine on the shelf," Redfield said."This is a year that I'm asking people to really think deep down about getting the flu vaccine." During an interview with MarketWatch, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, made similar comments, urging Americans to get the flu shot.
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