Please, no excuses -- get your flu vaccine this fall

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By Bob Moos, Southwest public affairs officer for the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service

It’s that time of year when people come up with all sorts of excuses for not getting a flu shot. Often, though, the excuses catch up with them. So, for the benefit of the naysayers, let’s do a reality check and clear up some mistaken notions.

“Why worry? It’s just the flu.”

Every year, almost 300,000 Americans land in the hospital as a result of the flu and its complications, and more than 20,000 die from flu-related illnesses. Older adults should be especially wary. They will account for 60 percent of the hospital stays and 90 percent of the deaths.

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