With the end of summer and the slow approach of fall, flu season has come into focus for the region. As we enter flu season, the town of Unity is already preparing its vaccine campaign.
They have released the dates for their COVID/flu vaccine clinics, which will occur on October 16 and November 12 at the Community Center.
According to this document, the flu vaccine contains antigens against the following strains:
A/Victoria/4897/2022 (H1N1) pdm09-like virus
A/Thailand/8/2022 (H3N2)-like virus
B/Austria/1359417/2021 (B/Victoria lineage)-like virus
B/Phuket/3073/2013 (B/Yamagata lineage)-like virus
What's interesting is that these vaccines will not get you sick as they do not contain any living virus.
"How do they protect you from the virus if you don't get sick?" you may say.
This short but simple video offers some insight.