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title: Protect Yourself this Flu Season
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# [Protect Yourself this Flu Season](https://www.thorek.org/news/protect-yourself-this-flu-season)

 Written by [Thorek Memorial Hospital](https://www.thorek.org/news/author/thorek-memorial-hospital) | Dec 6, 2021 3:58:45 PM

With COVID-19 still present in Chicago and beyond, healthcare providers are bracing for another Winter with many cases of both the flu and coronavirus.

### Protect Yourself this Flu Season

[National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW)](https://www.cdc.gov/flu/resource-center/nivw/index.htm) — December 5th - 11th— is a national awareness week focused on highlighting the importance of influenza vaccination.

Do what you can to protect yourself this flu season. Wear a mask, continue to practice social distancing, wash your hands, disinfect surfaces regularly, and most importantly - get your flu vaccine. This is important to not only protect yourself but also to protect others and to help alleviate the over-burdened healthcare system this season.

With any preventable disease, it’s important to protect yourself but this year it’s more important than ever with both the flu and COVID-19 ever present. Get your flu shot as soon as possible - it’s not too late!

### Can You Get Both the Flu and COVID-19 Vaccines?

Yes. Make sure you are making time to get both the flu and COVID-19 vaccines. You need both as each one protects you from a specific virus. The flu vaccine won’t you protect you from COVID-19 and the COVID-19 vaccine won’t protect you from the flu. And, the flu shot will not interfere with your COVID-19 vaccinations. You can even get them at the same time!

Remember, no vaccine is 100% effective in keeping you from getting sick but vaccines can lessen the effects of a virus. They can help reduce the severity of the illness and keep you out of the hospital, which is not a place you want to be during flu season!

### Schedule Your Flu Shot Today!

Schedule a flu shot today at one of our [clinic locations](https://www.thorek.org/clinic-locations) or by calling us at 773-525-6780. And remember - Prevention is the best way to fight the flu!

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