The public “really need to worry” about getting their flu vaccines over fears the health service will buckle under the “twindemic” coming down the tracks.
The 2022 Winter Health Index from LloydsPharmacy has shown a lack of concern from the combination of Covid-19 and the winter flu from the Irish public.
Three-in -five Irish adults claim they are not worried about winter flu season.
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Research commissioned by LloydsPharmacy shows 71% of Irish adults aged 35 to 44 intend to either not go for flu vaccination or are still unsure, despite the evidence of the flu vaccination playing a vital role in keeping people well and healthy during the tough winter months.
Rebecca Barry, supervising pharmacist with LlyodsPharmacy said: “It is often observed that winter flu difficulties experienced in Australia are replicated across Europe in the months that follow.People really need to worry about getting their flu vaccines due to the noteworthy stress the health system in Australia has been under due to the Twindemic. They shouldn’t be complacent.
“It is so important that members of the public get vaccinated as the health service here will be swamped otherwise.”
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