Flu Clinic Schedule 2008   

Flu Clinics are sponsored by HEALTH-LINK
Maine Coast Memorial Hospital 667-2474

$15.00

Or Direct Billing for Medicare or MaineCare, please bring your card. For children under 9 years, see your Pediatrician.

Flu Shot Schedule is subject to change depending on vaccine availability.

OCTOBER
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
26 27 28 29
30

3:30 – 5:30 pm
Pine Brook Apartments, Franklin
31

4:00 – 6:00 pm
Hannaford, Ellsworth

 1
NOVEMBER
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
2 3
4

Postponed
3:30 – 6:00 pm
 Surry Elementary School

 5
6

Community Connections Health Fair
2:00 – 7 pm
Ellsworth VFW
7

9:00 – 10:00 am
Beech Hill School, Otis
 and
12:00 – 2:30 pm
 Ellsworth City Hall
8

8:30 -10:30 am
Mill Mall, Ellsworth School Conference Rm.
9 10
11

3:00 – 5:00 pm
Merrill Furniture, Ellsworth
12

4:00 – 6:00 pm
 Lamoine Town Hall
13

Community Connections Health Fair
 Milbridge Town Hall
2-6 pm
14

4:30 – 6:00 pm
 Trenton Marketplace

 15
16
17

4:30 – 6:00 pm
Morrison Chevrolet, Ellsworth
18

3:00 – 5:00 pm
Sumner High School, Sullivan
19

4:30 – 5:30 pm
Mill Stream Heights, Winter Harbor
20

10:00 – 12:00 noon
Stanley Subaru, Trenton

 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28
29

9-10:30
Hannaford, Ellsworth
DECEMBER
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
30 1 2 3 4 5
6

9:00 – 11:00 am
Austin Furniture, Ellsworth
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14

12:00 – 1:30 pm
Austin Furniture, Ellsworth

 15 16 17 18 19 20
 
         
Did You Know?
Hand washing may be the best prevention for cold and flu season.
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Cold and flu medicine for children is a complex issue
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Each year across the United States 36,000 people die from influenza or complications from the flu and another 200,000 are hospitalized.

 

How to Tell the Difference

Cold Symptoms

l Sneezing l Sore throat l
 l Runny or stuffy nose l Productive cough (mucus-producing) l

Cold symptoms develop over a few days

Flu Symptoms

l High fever l Chills l
l Muscle aches l
l Extreme fatigue l
l Headache l

Rapid onset (within three to six hours)
Source: Roche Laboratories

 

Priority Groups for Flu Shots

Children 6 months up to 19th birthday

Pregnant women

People 50 years of age and older

People of any age with certain chronic medical conditions

People who live in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities

People who live with or care for those at high risk for complications from flu, including: health care workers, people who live with persons at high risk for complications from the flu and people and out-of-home caregivers of children less than 6 months of age (these children are too young to be vaccinated)

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