Plans made to provide flu shots

BY HEATHER MILLER
THE DAILY IBERIAN
Published/Last Modified on Friday, October 3, 2008 2:02 PM CDT

As fall approaches and flu season begins, Iberia Medical Center and the Iberia Parish Council on Aging are teaming up to make sure flu shots are available for Iberia Parish residents.

Jean Pecot, a registered nurse in the Iberia Medical Center Educational Depart-ment, said flu season has already started and lasts until the end of March. The peak of the season is January through February, she said.

Flu shots will be available throughout the parish during the month of October to keep people from catching the virus, she said.

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“The flu can make people really sick,” Picot said. “In the young and elderly, it can cause pneumonia and death.”

The public flu shot clinics are free for residents with Medicare Cards and $25 for those without one, said Emily Norris with the Council on Aging.

The flu shot clinics are only offered to adults.

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