After my post-op appointment last Wednesday for the cataract surgery I had the day before, we stopped at Target to get a pair of reading glasses – with my newly implanted lenses, my near vision is not quite up to reading without aid – and, while we were there, flu shots.
We get the flu shot every year, but, normally, it’s later in the year.
This year, though, with the added complication of the coronavirus pandemic, we thought we should get the shots as soon as it was available.
We are on a list to be called when they are available at the clinic we use, but they didn’t anticipate receiving the vaccine for several weeks yet. On Tuesday, while I was at Baker Eye Institute for my second cataract surgery, Karen did a little bit of shopping and noticed that flu shots were available at the CVS pharmacy in Target.
I know that a lot of people are against vaccinations for whatever reason and a lot of people doubt the seriousness of this pandemic. However, because of our age and medical conditions, we are at higher risk should we be infected with the COVID virus. We believe the vaccinations to be low risk. The mortality rate for people over 65 who have been confirmed as being infected is 8.3% so the pandemic risk is more of a concern.
With all of our existing complicating factors, we don’t need the additional complication of the flu or our immune systems being weakened by the flu while this virus is still infecting people.
Thus… we’ve had our 2020 flu shots.
