How does this year’s flu shot stack up to current strains? What we know
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It's flu season in Canada, and as the number of infections and hospitalizations start to rise, medical experts are urging Canadians to get their flu shots.
Flu season is warming up now that the weather is cooling down, and medical experts are urging Canadians to get the flu shot to protect themselves and their loved ones.
With multiple strains of influenza circulating and hospitalizations beginning to rise in parts of the country, older Canadians and young children are especially at risk.
Medical experts are urging Canadians to get vaccinated against the flu, as the shot offers the best protection available — even if the strains in the flu shot aren’t a perfect match for those circulating.
“Some people mistake influenza for a little cough or a cold or a sniffle, and it is not. It’s a very serious virus that kills about 350,000 to 500,000 people per year on the planet, and it’s going to kill Canadians as well,” says Dr. Isaac Bogoch, an infectious diseases specialist at Toronto General Hospital.
“We can take steps to reduce our risk for influenza by getting the influenza vaccine.“
According to Health Canada, most of those who get the flu will start developing symptoms within one to four days.
Symptoms may include fever, cough, muscle aches and pain, chills, tiredness, headache, sore throat, loss of appetite and a runny or stuffy nose. Some people, mainly children, could also have diarrhea, nausea and vomiting.
Health Canada says these symptoms can also lead to more severe complications that can worsen chronic health conditions and lead to heart complications, pneumonia and respiratory failure, hospitalization and even death.
The agency says more than 22,000 people have been removed from the country in the last 12 months, and nearly 30,000 removals were "in progress" as of Oct. 31.
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