Free flu shots available through October
2013 September 20
Through a special arrangement with the Texas Vaccine Institute, HISD will once again be providing free flu shots to all interested district employees through the end of October.
The shots will be offered at both campus and non-campus-based locations across the district. Check this schedule (.pdf) to find an upcoming date at a facility convenient to you.
The schedule will be updated weekly, so be sure to check back if your campus or work location is not yet listed.
Please note that the free vaccines are available to employees only, who must present a district ID badge at the time the shot is administered.
The 2013 vaccine contains both the seasonal and the H1N1 antibodies.
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It is FABULOUS that HISD is offering free flu shots to employees. I have not had the flu in 22 years; after I got the flu in 1991, I started getting vaccinated and have remained healthy despite teaching in “a petri dish,” a public high school. My pharmacy would charge me $35 for a flu shot.
This year, I recommend strongly that HISD also provide free of charge vaccinations to older students and employees against whooping cough, pertrussis, as Houston is now in an epidemic of whooping cough according to recent Houston Chronicle articles. The series of childhood vaccinations becomes mostly ineffective by adolescence. The CDC reports only about 10% of US adults are fully immunized agaist pertrussis!
It is often deadly for infants and immunize supressed adults. After having undergone months of chemotherapy and radiation treatment in the past year, I am in the later category!