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Baltimore County health director urges older adults to get fall vaccines; clinics set Sept. 27
Summary
Dr. Lucy Wilson, director of the Baltimore County Department of Health and Human Services, urged residents 60 and older to get recommended vaccines in early fall, outlined pneumococcal, influenza, COVID-19 and RSV recommendations, and said the county will hold a flu clinic Sept. 27 at Drum Castle Government Center and additional mobile clinics.
Dr. Lucy Wilson, director of the Baltimore County Department of Health and Human Services, urged older residents to get vaccinated in early fall to reduce the risk of severe respiratory illness this season.
"We recommend getting vaccinated in the early fall starting in that September time period," Wilson said, citing guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that classifies influenza season as running from October through May and noting that cases typically pick up in October and peak in December through February.
Wilson outlined vaccines for older adults that county health staff recommend discussing with clinicians: the pneumococcal vaccine (one dose recommended for people 65 and older), the annual influenza vaccine, COVID-19 vaccine as…
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