“Oak Orchard Health’s focus is to keep its patients and the community healthy, particularly during the holidays,” said Karen Kinter, Interim CEO at Oak Orchard. “It’s also important to keep our patients out of the hospital and one way is to get their updated vaccines, including the flu shot.” That’s why she stood side by side with other business, government, and healthcare leaders, including Monroe County Executive Adam Bello, Rochester Mayor Malik Evans, and Monroe County Public Health Commissioner Dr. Michal Mendoza to announce the new campaign “Keep Your Holidays Healthy.”
The campaign emphasizes the need for flu shots and Covid vaccines. “Covid precautions greatly reduced flu cases the past few years,” said the Monroe County Executive. However, that isn’t the case this year. National data from the Centers for Disease Control shows that flu hospitalizations for this time of year are at the highest level since 2010.
That is one reason why Oak Orchard Health has a program for walk-in flu shots and for the Pfizer Bivalent Covid Booster for ages 12 and up for its patients. Check http://www.OakOrchardHealth.org for the most up-to-date information.
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