Health experts urge flu vaccines

Preventing hospital overload

For kimt news 3 at five.

I'm george mallet./// first tonight: doctors say getting a flu shot may be more important than ever this season as the coronavirus pandemic continues.

However ?

*- not everyone is on board with vaccines..

Kimt new three's jessica bringe joins us live from downtown rochester with how mayo clinic is to educating vaccine skeptics.

Jessica.

There's a billboard in downtown rochester which says death by vaccines has no age limit..

But mayo clinic says it's promoting false information that could have deadly consequences for some.

Mayo clinic says says put simply ?

"* vaccines save lives.

And with the pandemic dr. joseph poterucha says it's doubly important that everyone get a flu vaccination.

While a flu vaccine won't protect against covid?

"* 19..

It has been shown to reduce the risk of flu illness, hospitalization and death.

Potter?

"*ruka also says if someone got the flu and covid?

"*19 at the same time doctors are concerned <we do not know what the flu/coronaviru s combination looks like on a large scale.

The impact of both of those viruses concomitantly or one after another could spell major problems particularly for those with chronic morbidities; heart failure, lung disease, diabetes.

> mayo clinic says there is a simple thing we can all do to help ?

*- get a flu shot as soon as possible.

Live in rochester jessica bringe kimt news thank you jessica.

Health care officials are also concerned that the one?

"* two punch of covid?

"*19 and the flu season could lead to an increase in hospitalization s..

And be disruptive to the health care system.