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Where To Get A Flu Shot In Barrow County

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Flu Season is Coming Early This Year — Find out Where to Get a Flu Shot in Barrow County

Find out where to get an influenza vaccine, how to recognize symptoms of the flu and what to know about treatment if you get sick.

Flu season is coming early in parts of the United States — this time last year, flu cases were much lower in Atlanta than they are now, according to estimates on Google's Flu Trends. (Barrow County-specific data is not available.) Overall in Georgia, activity is considered intense now, while it was considered moderate at this time in 2011, according to Flu Trends. Flu Trends is a Google tool that uses aggregated search data to estimate flu activity. If you're considering getting a flu shot, here are some places in Barrow County that offer the vaccine: Find more locations to get a flu vaccine here or by typing in your ZIP Code above. According to this week's CDC Flu activity report, influenza levels are on the increase across the country.  …

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