▪︎Influenza vaccine should be mandatory because :
- People of all age groups can be effected by influenza virus,
which will be the most common viral infection in upcoming
season
- It is a life threatening disease which can lead to
hospitalisation and sometimes even death
- Once a person gets infected by influenza virus, he or she can
spread the virus to huge number of people, when they come in
contact with other healthy individual
- Even asymptomatic carriers of virus can spread the disease
- So, influenza vaccination can protect yourself , your family
and your patients from getting infected from the virus
- Both trivalent and quadrivalent vaccines are available
- Centre of Disease Control recommends yearly influenza
vaccination for everyone of age 6 months or older