The Mashpee Wampanoag Health Service Unit will be providing the Flu Vaccine on Thursdays and Fridays to all tribal members at no cost. The drive-thru clinic will be held on Thursdays from 10 AM to Noon and on Fridays from 1 PM to 3 PM at the Health Service Unit located at 483 Great Neck Road South directly behind the Community and Government Center. All you have to do is pull up, roll down you window and roll up you sleeve.
The ongoing pandemic has made it more critical than any other year that everyone receive a flu vaccine. Like the flu, the coronavirus is also an infectious respiratory disease. The combination of the two illnesses could overwhelm hospitals and testing sites.
Drive-Thru Flu Shot Dates
Thursday, October 8 from 10 AM to Noon
Friday, October 9 from 1 PM to 3 PM
Thursday, October 15 from 10 AM to Noon
Friday, October 16 from 1 PM to 3 PM
Thursday, October 22 from 10 AM to Noon
Friday, October 23 from 1 PM to 3 PM
Thursday, October 29 from 10 AM to Noon
Friday, October 30 from 1 PM to 3 PM
The good news is that the flu vaccine is safe and recommended for everyone 6 months of age or older.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that in the 2018–2019 season, some 35.5 million Americans came down with the flu and that about 34,000 of them died from it. Flu shots prevented another 4.4 million cases and about 3,500 deaths. In 2020 vaccinating as many people as possible against influenza could be critical to preventing a dual-epidemic scenario. But getting a flu shot is good policy in any year, experts say.
