Prisma Health Encouraging Flu Shots & Keeping Guards Against COVID-19

Prisma Health has launched an aggressive system-wide flu-vaccination campaign with reduced-cost flu vaccinations being offered throughout its physician offices, hospitals, mobile clinics, community outreach, business-health sites or additional flu-vaccine events in 11 counties across the Midlands and Upstate.

Information on Prisma Health’s flu prevention efforts can be found on a dedicated webpage, PrismaHealth.org/Flu. Prisma Health hopes to vaccinate approximately 200,000 people over the 2020 flu season, a record for the state’s largest healthcare system. Community members are urged to get their flu shots as soon as possible to maximize their immune response through the entire flu season.

Since flu symptoms closely mirror COVID-19 symptoms, it can be virtually impossible to differentiate between flu and COVID-19 without testing. That means a case of the flu, even if it turns out to be mild, can cause substantial disruption to school and work for patients forced to isolate.

Prisma Health Oconee’s CEO Dr. Hunter Kome says that while COVID-19 cases may be declining in some areas, we still need to keep up our guard…