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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT

Free Flu Clinics for Community Residents

The Santa Barbara Public Health Department and the Santa Barbara County Medical Reserve Corps are providing free flu shots for all community members o...ver the age of 2 at clinics in Goleta and Lompoc.

The flu clinics provide a unique opportunity for residents to get a free flu shot to protect their health, and also help their community prepare for an emergency.

An annual flu vaccination is the best way to prevent the flu and the flu-related complications that could lead to hospitalization and even death. Health experts across the country recommend that everyone 6 months and older get a flu vaccine. Flumist vaccines will be available for ages two years to 49 years and the injectable vaccine for 3 years and older.

Each year the Public Health Department (PHD) exercises its community mass vaccination plan. The flu clinics in Goleta and Lompoc serve to familiarize residents with the mass vaccination clinic operation and to improve the county’s mass vaccination plan.
The event is funded through the federal Center for Disease Control (CDC) Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program.

When Goleta - December 3, 3:00 – 7:00 pm
Where Goleta Valley Community Center
5679 Hollister Avenue

When Lompoc - December 7, 10:00 am-1:00pm
Where Lompoc Fire Station
115 South G Street

What Flumist for 2 – 49 years old
Injectable vaccine for 3 years and older

Who Everyone two years of age or older

For more information regarding this event or other places to get flu shots in our area visit http://www.sbcphd.org/iz or call the Santa Barbara County Immunization Program 805-346-8420.