Immunization Action Coalition

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Courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• shows how influenza germs spread
through the air when someone coughs
• this is how many other diseases are
spread, too

Influenza
• serious disease
• can cause pneumonia and death
• it is especially dangerous for people over
65 years of age as well as for anyone who
has a chronic disease

Influenza germ
• spreads very easily by coughing and
sneezing

Once infected
• takes 1-3 days to get sick

Symptoms
• fever and chills
• sore throat
• dry cough
• headache
• runny nose
• chest pain
• weakness and tiredness

Complications
• pneumonia
• swelling of the brain
• death

Influenza is easy to prevent with vaccine. All adults 50 years of age and older and younger people (including children) with chronic diseases need this vaccine every fall.