The Village Doctor Newsletter - Week of October 27, 2025

The Village Doctor18 Nov, 2025Health

Getting immunized this year can offer strong protection: depending on how well the vaccine matches circulating strains, it tends to reduce the risk of needing to see your doctor for flu by about 40-60 %. It also significantly lowers the chance of hospitalization: during the 2023–2024 season, vaccination was estimated to reduce flu-associated hospitalizations in adults by about 39 % (and in children even more) compared to being unvaccinated.